Old brooch help

Hello Happy Valentines ...
So with clasps this seems to date 1890-1910 I think. The faces look like an angel? Has wings and a King maybe. It doesn't test silver but does Platinum as no reaction with liquid.
Any help appreciated.

 

I think closer to 1910s or even early 20s. Looks a bit Day of the Dead to me. South American perhaps?

 

An unusual piece, Donna, could we see a side view?
If it is Latin American, it could be even more recent, depending on the country. Although pendant-brooches can be antique, most are ca 1940s-1970s.

 

@Any Jewelry do these help any? I get no change with testing as it's platinum which I doubt.

 

Mid 20th century Norwegian pewter brooch/pendant by Holthe (Astri and Gerhard Holthe opened their shop in 1949). This design has been copied, but even though I don't see marks, the pin and their distinctive twisted bale looks right for Holthe (typically, the stamped marks would be their 'H-in-shield' trademark, 'TINN', and 'MADE IN NORWAY').


For some unknown reason, this seller has decided their brooch is both from the 1920s and the 1970s, and despite being clearly marked as 'TINN' (pewter), that the material is '60 Percent Silver', which is just nonsense:


https://www.etsy.com/listing/491955414/mid-century-astri-holthe-norway-large?gpla=1&gao=1&



~Cheryl

 

Should mention that the design is likely based on the silver 'face' pieces done by Henrik Møller, Josef Smejda, and others, the motifs taken from the wide variety of sculpture at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

And should also say that the OP's avatar made me laugh out loud...


One of my Smejda face spoons:




~Cheryl

 

My geography was a tad off.

 

You traveled around the world. Not many people can do that nowadays.

 

True!

 

WOW Thank you so much!

 

She's good, is Cheryl. ;

 

@DragonflyWink where is the TINN mark? I have looked few times.

 

It's on the back, along the bottom - enlarged and enhanced a bit for clarity:


H-in-shield/TINN/MADE IN NORWAY



Here's another of the same in eBay 'Solds', missing its twisted-ring bale, the pics not showing the marks well, but they're noted in the description: https://tinyurl.com/3jxpokzy


~Cheryl

 

Thank you..I can't see it here or mine but must be there lol