Pretty Art Nouveau Brooch: Green Art Glass Cabochon, Baroque Design

This is an extremely beautiful art glass brooch from the Art Nouveau or Belle Époque era. This beauty features an intricate design with baroque motifs fashioned in repousse work which frames a bezel set art glass foiled cabochon. The lovely green cabochon floats in the center. The art glass is unusual as it has silver deposits or inlay, in addition to the speckled foil glass (see 7th photo for close up) . If you look at the close-up photos you can see how rare this is. The design features baroque elements like little shells.. details that are characteristic of the designs from the art nouveau era. The brooch measures one and three-quarter inches by one and a half inches and has a “C” catch on the back. This probably was manufactured in goblins, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia or Austria around 1900. All of these areas were famous for making these beautiful little jewels and also vanity items, boxes and perfume bottles embellished with jeweled accents.