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Victorian Tortoiseshell Piqué Brooch with Maltese Cross, Gold & Silver Inlay, C.1860
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Victorian Tortoiseshell Piqué Brooch with Maltese Cross, Gold & Silver Inlay, C.1860

19th century
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A high-domed Victorian piqué work brooch, the worked tortoiseshell ground finely inlaid with gold and silver: a central Maltese cross within a ring of tiny stars and a lace-like border, the rim with a Gothic trefoil frieze. Long pin with C-catch; gilt fittings. Presented in a fitted box.

Size & weight: diameter approx. 3.1 cm; 5.12 g.

Condition: very good for age; minor nicks to the shell at the edge (see close-ups), light surface wear; inlay crisp; mechanism sound.

Legal note: Worked hawksbill tortoiseshell, pre-1947 antique. UK domestic sale permitted. Export outside the UK requires CITES permits; we can arrange the paperwork, with all permit and courier costs borne by the buyer.

Please study the accompanying photographs carefully as they form an integral part of this description. If you have any questions, we will be happy to answer them. The item will be shipped with full tracking and insurance.

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Gillers Antiques Ltd has dated this Victorian Tortoiseshell Pique Brooch to the 1860s.

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Description
A high-domed Victorian piqué work brooch, the worked tortoiseshell ground finely inlaid with gold and silver: a central Maltese cross within a ring of tiny stars and a lace-like border, the rim with a Gothic trefoil frieze. Long pin with C-catch; gilt fittings. Presented in a fitted box.
fig 1. A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif.
fig 1. Victorian Tortoiseshell Piqué Brooch with Maltese Cross, Gold & Silver Inlay, C.1860

Size & weight: diameter approx. 3.1 cm; 5.12 g.

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Condition: very good for age; minor nicks to the shell at the edge (see close-ups), light surface wear; inlay crisp; mechanism sound.
Gillers Antiques Ltd

Legal note: Worked hawksbill tortoiseshell, pre-1947 antique. UK domestic sale permitted. Export outside the UK requires CITES permits; we can arrange the paperwork, with all permit and courier costs borne by the buyer.

fig 2. A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif.
fig 2. Victorian Tortoiseshell Piqué Brooch with Maltese Cross, Gold & Silver Inlay, C.1860

Please study the accompanying photographs carefully as they form an integral part of this description. If you have any questions, we will be happy to answer them. The item will be shipped with full tracking and insurance.

Date of Manufacture

Gillers Antiques Ltd has dated this Victorian Tortoiseshell Pique Brooch to the 1860s.

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Archive I A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif.

Victorian tortoiseshell piqué brooch with Maltese cross, gold & silver inlay, c.1860

Archive II A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif. View II
Archive III A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif. View III
Archive IV A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif. View IV
Archive V A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif. View V
Archive VI A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif. View VI
Archive VII A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif. View VII
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Archive XI A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif. View XI
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A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif.
Victorian tortoiseshell piqué brooch with Maltese cross, gold & silver inlay, c.1860
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A circular Victorian domed tortoiseshell brooch featuring detailed gold star inlay, silver decorative borders, and a central Maltese cross motif.
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Pique work is an antique decorative technique originating in seventeenth-century France and widely produced during the Victorian era, involving the inlaying of precious metals such as gold and silver into natural organic materials like tortoiseshell or horn.

These brooches were constructed using natural tortoiseshell or horn as a base, which was gently heated to soften the surface before fine gold or silver wire, sheet metal, and small pins were pressed directly into the material.

Authentic Victorian pique jewellery features hand-set precious metal inlays flush with the dark tortoiseshell background, often accompanied by period-appropriate fittings such as extended steel pin stems, tube hinges, and simple C-clasps.

Beyond wearing these historic ornaments on jacket lapels or collars, collectors display antique brooches mounted inside framed shadow boxes or positioned atop velvet trays on dressing tables.

Tortoiseshell items must be kept away from direct heat sources, sunlight, and low humidity to prevent drying and cracking, requiring gentle buffing with a soft dry microfibre cloth without chemical cleansers or water.
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