Edwardian Silver Name Brooch ALICE - Hallmarked Birmingham 1903 (SOLD)

Here is a lovely old antique booch with the name ALICE on it.  The name is picked out in applied block capital letters and the brooch is an elongated oval shape with a fancy border and engraved decoration on it. This brooch is sterling silver and bears the Birmingham hallmark for the year 1903 making it from the English Edwardian period. Name brooches were a great favourite with Victorian and Edwardian ladies.  These old brooches and pins started out as name badges for the staff in large country houses and later became popular sweetheart brooches.  Many were made in Birmingham, England's jewellery quarter, and they are becoming most fashionable again with the resurgence of lovely old names that were popular in the 19th and early 20th Century.

I never overclean antique brooches as collectors often want their Victorian or Edwardian jewellery to look as if it has some age! This would clean up bright and shiny with a silver cleaner if you wanted it to look like new!

This silver name pin is just over 4cms by 1.2cms in size and is in good condition.  A nice item to add to your antique jewellery collection or a perfect gift for anyone named Alice.