Vintage Designs From The Deep Brass Houndstooth Hair Jewelry Barrette France

From the estate of a jewelry collector who lived a few blocks away from the original artists of Designs From The Deep jewelry. This is a gorgeous vintage Designs from the Deep houndstooth and violet flowers barrette made of solid OLDER HEAVY GAUGE BRASS. For those of you who collect DFTD jewelry you will recognize that it is from one of DftD’s older lines of jewelry. It is beautifully HAND CRAFTED and well-decorated with lots of raised baubles. Condition is excellent. Size is 4″ across by 2 1/4″ tall in the center. The brass is solid and strong. The clasp is marked Made in France and works well. The DftD logo Artist Marking is impressed into the back. These artists are known for their use of fine quality unique handcrafting using various vintage animal, people, autos, fruit, vegetable decoupage designs layered with a plastic resin coating. This is from one of their earlier lines of jewelry and in excellent condition and beautifully decorated…carefully stored away for years.