Featured Antique Small Silver Flower Pin

I acquired this pin in the early 70's, when my 2X great aunt passed away. There was a cloth roll that had a number of pins and other pieces of jewelry, I will post some of the other things later. It still amazes me to this day that I was able to talk to someone who's father fought in the Civil War. The pin is about 7/8" of an inch across and I think it is a dogwood flower. The are some markings on the back that you should be able to see in the picture. I think it must be from the first half of the 20th century. I was wondering if anyone recognized the mark? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

It is beautiful, Litho, very sweet too. The early decades of the 20th century imo.

 

Unger Bros.

~Cheryl

 

Not a dogwood blossom, but a wild rose...

~Cheryl

 

Thanks!

 

Dog was right, dog rose.

 

@Lithographer , you may have found by now that Unger Brothers existed from 1872-1910, according to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unger_Brothers

 

Thanks, it has occurred to me that some of these pieces that I have may have belonged to my 2x great grandmother before my 2x great aunt had them.

 

I would say it is a UB pansy brooch. Can't wait to see more of your collection

 

While we do acknowledge that artists are not botanists and therefore are not true to nature, this is no pansy.

 

Pansy.



dog Rose

 

Sweet!

SWEET!

 

Americans, and American producers of items depicting the flower, would typically call it a 'wild rose', though there are other common names as well...

https://www.google.com/search?q=ame...gBjMQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1536&bih=722&dpr=1.25

~Cheryl

 

Ah, that's cos they don't use the Latin. Rosa canina, that is.

It's also used as a charity collection emblem here

 

Believe it's more that there are several different wild roses in North America, some native, some introduced long ago (including Rosa canina)...

~Cheryl

 

Ah, well now. No rose is truly native to either the Americas or Europe. And certainly not the UK. Asian, they are. Romans brought them here, as well as many other plants which people claim as English. See also lavender.

 

The bit posted below is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture concerning native roses of the Inland Northwest, noting evidence of roses present here for millions of years, and there are other native wild roses found throughout the country.





~Cheryl

 

Yup, upstarts from Asia milions of years back!

There's some theories that the world climate changing after the asteroid strike which took out the dinosaurs being associated with plant invasions.

I'm as fascinated with plant history as botany.