Arts & Crafts Opal Gold Brooch Pin by Henry George Murphy c. 1880 revealing a black night sky

revealing a black night sky

It features a forget-me-not flower motif made up of five turquoises and one diamond at the center

The brooches are hand crafted and so while I suspect they are a matched pair

2 millimeters in diameter

Arts & Crafts Opal Gold Brooch Pin by Henry George Murphy c. 1880 revealing a black night skyThe Arts and Crafts movement in England began as a response to the Industrial Revolution and the mechanization of the decorative arts. It bloomed into one of the most enduring legacies of style to come out of the 19th and 20th centuries. Something about the return to hand crafting and the motifs of the natural world speaks to the very root of human nature. This wonderful brooch was handcrafted in London around 1900 10, and was most likely done by