Circular button brooch of gold-coloured metal, part of Castellorizian formal attire worn by Rose Pappas

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Type: Brooches
Date: 1922 - 1924
Place: Megisti, Greece; Cyprus; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Materials: Metal - non specific
Collection: George Pappas collection no. 1
Accession number: 1988.0073.0005.003

Description

Button brooch of gold-coloured metal, probably copper alloy. A ring of metal with the sides rounded up. Exterior and interior edges are edged with decorative metal band. Exterior edge has a more beaded appearance. The face is decorated with applied wire sections and metal lugs in a floral design. There is a metal piece to attach the brooch around band.

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