Vintage Damascene Flying bird & filigree scroll brooch

Features a central blackened steel panel inlaid with gold imagery depicting a bird flying among flowers, surrounded by an ornate, openwork gold filigree scroll border. Damascening is an ancient metalworking art form famously associated with Toledo, Spain. It involves hand-inlaying gold or silver foil into a deeply oxidized, darkened steel background

Gold tone

45 mm * 45 mm

10.8 g

Item is pre-owned, please expect signs of age & wear