Brooches have been popping up in conversation and other places lately, particularly those with portrait or scenic images in them. With this reoccuring surfacing, my thoughts have been meandering around these curious miniature bits of art.
Now, if I was to actually consider these for a research topic I would want to look at….
– The types of images – painted, etched, photographic…. Would micro-mosaic or carved count as well?
– The types of settings including materials, style, shape, lockets, pin placement, convertablity…. ceramic, enamel, stone, shell…
– The durability of the images – curious about this….
– Who are the subjects?
– Who are the artists?
– Why? … including memorial pieces. The hair pieces on the reverse side?
– Typical verse unusual? Shape, materials, subjects?
– I’m going to have look at lots of these, lots and lots of these…. (two on the way home)
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
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