Yes, it is a peineta. Doesn't appear to be terribly old and made of plastic imitating the tortoise shell from which they were originally made....
Given the personalization, I think it wouldn't be easy to find a buyer. Happy to be wrong, of course. Debora
I would think that was bespoke for Thomas E. Jones. Perhaps done by a local crafts person. Debora
That was my thought as well. Debora
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1910s-1920s, I'd think. Let's see what others think. Debora
Centeōtl the Maize Deity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centeōtl Debora [ATTACH]
Why Civil War? Debora
That would be considered a stomacher, wouldn't it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomacher_(jewellery) Debora
The original is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Yours may very well be a museum copy. (Until not too long ago in the pre-postcard age, artists...
It appears to be a (rough) copy of a Jan Breugel the Younger painting. [ATTACH]
And you got it where? And they told you what? Debora
Try Thailand. Debora
My thought was the artist cribbed the background from a Classical work or invented it. The scale is too large to be domestic. But you can do a...
I suspect it's meant to be Orientalist rather than of one particular culture. Debora
One could read a fair amount of symbolism into it. Correspondence = writing materials, distance = open window, sea = death, loyalty = dog. The...
Size? Material? Debora
Here's a similar set. Debora [ATTACH]
Agree with late 1960s/early1970s. And missing a matching game table. Debora
1500s? 1600s? More like 1830s. High waist, low full sleeves, bell-shaped skirt. Coming out of the Regency period and going into Victorian. Debora
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