Vintage Flamenco Dancer Brooch | Hand-Painted & Signed | Real Lace Skirt Under Glass | Gold Tone Rope Frame | 2" | Broken Pin, As Is

She's still dancing after all these decades. She just needs someone to pin her up again.

This is a vintage gold-tone brooch with a hand-painted picture under a domed glass cover.

The brooch shows a Spanish flamenco dancer with her arms raised, castanets in hand, a pink rose shawl around her shoulders and a flower in her hair. Her skirt isn't painted at all: it's real black lace and fabric, tucked in under the glass with tiny embroidered red roses and green leaves at her hip. The artist signed it in black at the upper left. These dancer brooches were popular souvenirs from Spain in the mid-1900s, and the mix of painting and real fabric makes each one a little different.

• Material: gold-tone metal, glass dome, hand-painted backing, lace and fabric
• Brooch style: oval picture brooch with twisted rope bezel
• Size: about 2" tall x 1 1/2" wide
• Era: c. 1940s to 1950s
• Back: prong-set backplate, hinge and C-catch; pin stem is broken
• Marks: artist's signature on the front

Condition

Sold as is: the pin stem is broken off at the hinge, so it can't be worn as a brooch right now. A jeweler can replace the pin, you can glue on a new pin back, or it would make a lovely pendant, ornament or shadow box piece. The inner bezel has light discoloration and wear to the gold tone, with a tiny green spot near the bottom edge, and the backplate shows tarnish and age. The painting, lace and glass dome look good. As with everything in the shop, it's a used piece and shows normal signs of age.

Only one available. Once she dances off, she's gone.

Styling props shown in photos are not included.