1880s Victorian Whitby Jet Gothic Carved Brooch custom-crystal-dress secured with fabric-covered buttons

secured with fabric-covered buttons

This piece would best suit US size 4 - 6

Adorned with hundreds of gold-tone safety pins across the chest and dotted on the collar

they cross over a sensuous open back

Designed in the early 1970s by the great American stylist and designer Giorgio di Sant' Angelo

1880s Victorian Whitby Jet Gothic Carved Brooch custom-crystal-dress secured with fabric-covered buttonsThis elegant, richly textured brooch was made in the north of England around the 1880s but could conceivably be a little earlier or later such is the timeless appeal of jet. Carved from genuine Whitby jet, it is engraved with a twisting rope and S shaped forms that curve around two spheres. There are cut out details which allow the fabric of the wearers clothes to be glimpsed. The back features a long clasp which is secured with a C clasp. This