Sterling Silver Ian MacCormick Enamel Thistle & Heart Wedding Brooch for CAI
We stock brand new preloved and antique sterling silver jewelery. Specialising in victorian and arts and crafts period we also have a range of more modern pieces to suit all tastes aswell a few other pieces we refer to as our Mcpretties. SCOTTISH STERLING SILVER & ENAMEL IONA THISTLE & HEART WEDDING BROOCH BY IAN MACCORMICK DURING HIS TIME AT CAI FOUNDED BY DAWSON BOWMAN. OFTEN GIVEN AS WEDDING FAVOURS IN THE 40s AND 50s THESE BROOCHES CAME IN 2 SHADES OF ENAMEL ONE DARKER (GENERALLY THE MALE BROOCH) AND ONE LIGHTER. 37mm HIGH AND WIDE WITH CENTRAL THISTLE INSIDE A WAVY HEART WITH CELTIC SCROLLWORK ENGRAVED ON THE BORDER. LIGHTER BLUE ENAMELLING SURROUNDS THE WORD ALBA WITH A DARKER BLUE BACKGROUND FOR THE THISTLE. TO THE BACK THE ORIGINAL C TYPE CLASP AND PIN AND BOTH IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH AN ALMOST AS NEW FEEL. MARKINGS ARE LOVELY ON THIS PIECE WITH I. C MAKERS MARK AND IONA MARK TO THE TOP AND SILVER MARK AND CAI STAMP TO THE BOTTOM. 15.07g IN WEIGHT THIS IS THE MALE BROOCH. (also have a female version for sale which sadly isnt quite a pair having slightly differently placed markings).
IF THIS DOESNT INVOICE CORRECTLY PLEASE JUST SEND US A MESSAGE AND WELL SEND A CUSTOM INVOICE OVER. This item is in the category "Jewellery & Watches\Fine Jewellery\Brooches & Pins". The seller is "sterling-silver-scotland-ltd" and is located in this country: GB.
This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, United States, Ireland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Russian Federation, France, Canada, Australia.
- Antique: Yes
- Number of Diamonds: 0
- Shape: thistle
- Occasion: Christening, Christmas, Engagement, Father's Day, Wedding
- Main Stone Colour: Blue
- Main Gemstone: No Stone
- Metal: Sterling Silver
- Secondary Stone: No Stone
- Customised: No
- Main Stone: No Stone
- Colour: Silver
- Vintage: Yes
- Designer: Ian MacCormack
- Base Metal: Sterling Silver, 925 parts per 1000
- Features: Nickel-Free
- Number of Gemstones: 0
- Handmade: Yes
- Signed: Yes
- Material: Enamel
- Modified Item: No
- Sub-Type: SCOTTISH
- Brand: Handmade
- Type: Brooch
- Metal Purity: 925 parts per 1000
- Era: 1940s
- Jewellery Department: Fine
- Theme: Awareness, Beach, Bohemian, Ethnic, Family & Friends, Home & Garden, Love, Luck, Pagan, Retro, Signs & Symbols, Travel & Places
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Country of Origin: Great Britain