Victorian "Madonna & Child With St John" Enamel Miniature Brooch modernist It features a lavender coloured

It features a lavender coloured paste gemstone set over foil to enhance the colour and brightness

A cool Georgian starburst brooch set with white paste gemstones

and particularly the brevity of individual human existence

and finished in blue and white guilloché enamel and gorgeous chased detailing

with angular bevelled edges and details

Victorian "Madonna & Child With St John" Enamel Miniature Brooch modernist It features a lavender colouredDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A finely painted enamel miniature depicting Madonna with Child visited by his cousin Saint John the Baptist. It's been a popular subject for artists over the centuries, and, while I can't find an exact match, the closest seems to be Michele Tosini's 1565 work in the mannerist style, a 16th century movement focused more on expression than naturalism, which portrays a similar embrace of the two children, with Jesus on his