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Victorian 18ct Gold Love is Blind Brooch

346H
120 Admirers Rare Find
Written by Olly Gerrish

A very finely modelled and heavy gage 18ct gold brooch featuring Cupid blindfolded and three cherubs.

Shakespeare used the simple statement “love is blind”  The idea itself comes from long before Shakespeare’s time, from one of the images of Cupid (a winged Roman God of love) in which he wears a blindfold. We often think of Cupid as blind, even though that is only one of the versions of him. He appears in many different forms, as a baby, a child, and a teenager, not always wearing the blindfold.  He sometimes carries a bow and has a quiver of arrows on his back. That has given rise to the tradition of his being able to make people fall in love by shooting them with one of his arrows. If an arrow strikes you that’s it and you immediately fall in love. He doesn’t shoot you deliberately, as he can’t see you.  Anyone can suddenly, out of the blue, be wounded by one of Cupid’s arrows. There is no sense or reason in it because ‘love is blind.’

This brooch is stunning with amazing chased detail.  It was made circa 1860-1900.

Ollys Pick

The best quality!

Item Number
346H
Measurements
Height 2.5 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Materials
Date & Origin
Edwardian (1901-1914)
Possibly Austrian attributed to Wiese
Provenance
Possibly Austrian attributed to Wiese
Hallmarks

Unmarked, tested to 18ct gold

Condition
Excellent
Discovered
2 years ago
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