Lot 227 , A Victorian shakudo brooch, circa 1880

A Victorian shakudo brooch, circa 1880, designed as three fans decorated with birds and flowers in varicoloured Japanese metalwork on a dark shibuichi ground, length 4.7cm

Cf.: Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria, p.314 nos.270 and 271, for an illustration of a similar brooch and corresponding advert from 1880, epitomising the Victorian interest in Japanese decorative arts
£100-150

Sold for £80