Vintage Puffy Heart Charm~ Victory Banner

Jewelry : Vintage : Charms : Sterling Silver : Friendship : Repousse : Hearts

 

Deeply scrolled repousse work on hearts can not be rivaled - it is just the best to touch and look at. This favorite is what most call the victory heart because the banner on the front and back looks like a "V" and of course is bordered by frond like repousse scrolls that are reminiscent of acanthus leaves which in Victorian times was a popular motif for engraved work on wood and metal.

This 1940's heart came to me on an all hearts bracelet that had been used as a teething ring of sorts - yes, this was a common and acceptable function of the vintage charm bracelet - can you imagine???? it does therefore have a couple of minor bite marks which honestly do not deter from the look all that much - unless you are a true stickler for purity and then by all means do not even consider this! Priced accordingly.

Stamped on the reverse for Sterling and sports a soft glowing patina.

Measures 9/16 by 3/4 inches.

Most Vintage charm collectors like the patina to be undisturbed, this adds potentially higher value to some charms. Patina is not the same as tarnish... Patina is the soft glow caused by bits of tarnish settling into the natural minute scratches in Sterling Silver that occur overtime. A gentle sweep with a silver cloth will remove unattractive, superfluous tarnish yet leave the depth and dimension of the low areas - nooks & crannies - scratches - or what have you. Using a dip or scouring a charm will remove all of the good deposits of tarnish. Again, your choice by all means but a gentle hand is usually a safer bet when cleaning Vintage Sterling.

Rest assured, all charms at Evetta Hill are guaranteed Vintage and have not been altered in any manner! I do not sell reproduction charms ever - even if they were reproduced from an original Vintage mold. Charms like that are NEW even though they were designed using an old component.

Please note that my photos are highly enlarged and therefore magnify every nuance many of which are not visible to the naked eye.

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Item ID: eh00498

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