{"product_id":"antique-sterling-silver-brooch-hand-painted-dog-portrait-floral-border-1887-cn1385","title":"Antique Sterling Silver Brooch | Hand Painted Dog Portrait | Floral Border | 1887","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sterling silver brooch featuring a hand painted portrait of a dog's head — the subject looking directly outward, rendered with real character and life. The floral applied border frames the portrait neatly. Hand painted dog portraits of this quality were a specialist art form of the Victorian period, produced by miniaturists who brought the same skill to animal subjects as to human ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe date of 1887 places this firmly in the high Victorian period — the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, when the finest craftsmanship of the era was at its peak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePin functions as it should and is secure in its holder.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\n\u003cp\u003eEra: Victorian, 1887\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHallmarks: Birmingham assay office, lion passant for sterling silver with date letter 'n' for the year 1887\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: \u003cbr\u003e\nHeight 29mm\u003cbr\u003e\nWidth 28mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 4.3 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"thenorthc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56870254543228,"sku":"CN1385","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/3423\/1615\/files\/il_fullxfull.8115203878_fh01.jpg?v=1781287379","url":"https:\/\/thenorthc.co.uk\/products\/antique-sterling-silver-brooch-hand-painted-dog-portrait-floral-border-1887-cn1385","provider":"TheNorthC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}