Signed Unger Brothers Art Nouveau Chrysanthemum Silver Brooch / Art Nouveau Silver Brooch / Floral Brooch
$150.00
SKU BRO-24-0002
Be a bloom of beauty with this vintage chrysanthemum flower brooch. The chrysanthemum is a beautiful flower, and in China it has come to represent nobility, whereas in Japan it represents the Imperial Royal Family and is even found on the Imperial Seal.
This late blooming flower is still prime and in its glory long after all the other blooms have faded away.
The brooch is made out of sterling silver and is hallmarked on the back of the brooch for metal purity and manufacturer's trademark.
The manufacturer is Unger Bros. or Unger Brothers (1872–1910) was a jewelry company in Newark, New Jersey, best known for their sterling silver Art Nouveau designs.
The company was established by five sons from a German immigrant family. The oldest founded a jewelry business between 1870-1872 and began the manufacture of sterling silver items in 1878. Other sons gradually joined the firm, among them a silversmith and an engraver whose brother-in-law became the leading artistic designer. The firm's best years were from 1895 to 1907; by 1901 it had just under 300 employees. The 1903, 1904 and 1906 catalogs show over 150 hatpin designs, more than half Art Nouveau. All told, their 1904 catalog included some 3,200 distinct items; they employed stamping machines to turn out many of their products. While most items were jewelry, the best-selling items were dresser sets.
The brooch is a piece that was made in the early 1900s as the clasp of the brooch is a "C" clasp brooch. C clasps were very popular throughout the Victorian era and a C clasp of some type was generally in use from around 1850 until 1910. The extended C clasp is the older version of the C clasp and is one of the earliest styles of clasps used for old brooches. The extended C clasp had a long and strong pin extending some way beyond the brooch which was then held by a C shaped piece of metal.
Width: 1.25 inches
Weight: 7.17g
This late blooming flower is still prime and in its glory long after all the other blooms have faded away.
The brooch is made out of sterling silver and is hallmarked on the back of the brooch for metal purity and manufacturer's trademark.
The manufacturer is Unger Bros. or Unger Brothers (1872–1910) was a jewelry company in Newark, New Jersey, best known for their sterling silver Art Nouveau designs.
The company was established by five sons from a German immigrant family. The oldest founded a jewelry business between 1870-1872 and began the manufacture of sterling silver items in 1878. Other sons gradually joined the firm, among them a silversmith and an engraver whose brother-in-law became the leading artistic designer. The firm's best years were from 1895 to 1907; by 1901 it had just under 300 employees. The 1903, 1904 and 1906 catalogs show over 150 hatpin designs, more than half Art Nouveau. All told, their 1904 catalog included some 3,200 distinct items; they employed stamping machines to turn out many of their products. While most items were jewelry, the best-selling items were dresser sets.
The brooch is a piece that was made in the early 1900s as the clasp of the brooch is a "C" clasp brooch. C clasps were very popular throughout the Victorian era and a C clasp of some type was generally in use from around 1850 until 1910. The extended C clasp is the older version of the C clasp and is one of the earliest styles of clasps used for old brooches. The extended C clasp had a long and strong pin extending some way beyond the brooch which was then held by a C shaped piece of metal.
Width: 1.25 inches
Weight: 7.17g
