#antique brooch

[amatesura]

19th century antique enamel and gold trapeze figure brooch

[boylerpf]

Antique Egyptian Revival Plique a Jour Real Scarab Brooch

Source - Boylerpf.com

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Coburg Eagle brooch.

Designer: Prince Consort Albert (English, 1819–1861); Maker: Charles Augustus du Vé (British (active in 1840))

Medium: Gold, turquoise, pearl, ruby, diamond.

[gemville]

Antique Opal, Diamond and Emerald Stylized Sceptre Brooch

Source: masterart.com via Pinterest

[rubymaerose]

20s fruit glass metal brooch • 1920s vintage brooch

[butterlaneantiques]

MEDUSA

Medusa is the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed out the story - in the Metamorphoses - where he describes Medusa in her youth: "Medusa once had charms; to gain her love A rival crowd of envious lovers strove. They, who have seen her, own, they ne'er did trace More moving features in a sweeter face. Yet above all, her length of hair, they own, In golden ringlets wav'd, and graceful shone." Her beauty caught the eye of Poseidon, who forced himself upon her in a shrine to Athena. Athena was furious; she turned Medusa's hair into snakes, and made her face so hideous that anyone who saw it was instantly turned to stone (literally petrified). In most versions of the story, Medusa was killed by Perseus who was given various items to help him on his quest: a mirrored shield from Athena, a sword forged by Hephaestus, and Hades's helm of invisibility. While looking at the reflection in the shield, Perseus was able to behead the Gorgon, at which point Pegasus flew out of her severed neck. He went on to use her head - which retained its petrifying effect - as a weapon, using it to transform the Titan Atlas into stone (where he still stands in North Africa as the Atlas Mountains), before eventually giving it to Athena. Although Medusa is commonly regarded as a monster, her head has often been seen as a protective amulet to keep evil away. Indeed, the name Medusa comes from the ancient Greek word meaning "to guard or protect".

[unique-goods-where-to-buy]

Vintage leaf green jade brooch stud earrings set.

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Rekino

Unicore

IG

[foxymoxyvintage]

Beautiful Antique Repousse flower brooch. Turn of the century, early 1900’s Art Nouveau floral brooch, hand painted.

[lotussgrl]

bleeding heart brooch by michael michaud

[frostedmagnolias]

Brooch with a Bird's Claw

c. 1860-1870

Scottish

The Walters Art Museum

[melanchol1e]

Art Nouveau Sterling Three Swallow Brooch

[boylerpf]

Late 19th century ruby and diamond bow pendant tassel brooch, French c.1890

Source - SJ Phillips

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Butterfly brooch, 1898.

[gemville]

Antique Russian Spider Brooch In 15k Gold, Enamel, Diamonds, Garnets and Amethysts

Source: Invaluable via Pinterest

[oldjewelryfeed]

Victorian Silver and Moonstone Scorpion Brooch

[butterlaneantiques]

MEDUSA

(Source: butterlaneantiques)

Medusa is the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed out the story - in the Metamorphoses - where he describes Medusa in her youth:

"Medusa once had charms; to gain her love A rival crowd of envious lovers strove. They, who have seen her, own, they ne'er did trace More moving features in a sweeter face. Yet above all, her length of hair, they own, In golden ringlets wav'd, and graceful shone."

Her beauty caught the eye of Poseidon, who forced himself upon her in a shrine to Athena. Athena was furious; she turned Medusa's hair into snakes, and made her face so hideous that anyone who saw it was instantly turned to stone (literally petrified). In most versions of the story, Medusa was killed by Perseus who was given various items to help him on his quest: a mirrored shield from Athena, a sword forged by Hephaestus, and Hades's helm of invisibility. While looking at the reflection in the shield, Perseus was able to behead the Gorgon, at which point Pegasus flew out of her severed neck. He went on to use her head - which retained its petrifying effect - as a weapon, using it to transform the Titan Atlas into stone (where he still stands in North Africa as the Atlas Mountains), before eventually giving it to Athena.

Although Medusa is commonly regarded as a monster, her head has often been seen as a protective amulet to keep evil away. Indeed, the name Medusa comes from the ancient Greek word meaning "to guard or protect".