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D-A Blue enamel butterfly - medium

D-A Blue enamel butterfly - medium

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designed for David-Andersen

Here is a delightful medium sized guilloche enamel butterfly by the leading Norwegian silversmith, David-Andersen.   This design has been one of the company’s most popular, and the butterfly has been produced in a myriad of colours and several multicolours, as well as 3 sizes.  It has been widely exported, and there are probably more flying around in the United States than in Norway. The butterfly is made of sterling silver and treated with a gold wash (vermeil). It is then guilloched (given the pattern seen through the enamel) and finally coated with a coloured  transparent enamel. This mid- blue example is the medium size.  

 

   

condition

Excellent, no damage to the delicate antennae or to the enamel, good pin and roll-over safety clasp

marks

D-A, 925S, Scales (each within a rectangle) NORWAY STERLING

size

Wingspan 1.75” (4.5cm)

year

1970s

tags

enamel

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