Wednesday 3 August 2011

Mirella Brooches

Good morning, I have wrote about jewellery signed Mirella before. W A P Watson the company who produced the Exquisite brand also produced Mirella. Named after an employee, the brand was for fancy goods and mirrors. However I discovered a short time ago that they also produced a few pieces of jewellery under that name - well two brooches it seems!

This was the purple vintage brooch that I brought a while back.

I have seen this brooch not only signed Mirella but also signed Exquisite.

This is the other brooch (below) that I have just brought signed Mirella. It is the only other one that I have seen under the Mirella brand. Both brooches are in my own collection but we source Exquisite and Mirella jewellery that will be added to the page on the above link regularly.


Both pretty floral designs and hand enameled with mock marcasite. Would say they date to the 1960s.
We have added more vintage brooches over the last few weeks in floral designs as well as with many other looks.

3 comments:

  1. Hiya,

    I have a Mirella signed flower brooch (similar style - marcasite) however it is different to the 2 you have listed. Do you have any info on where I could get further details on this item?

    Thanks,

    Janice

    (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Janice-In-Wonderland/256023871100514)

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  2. Other than myself I have found no other source that has any information on Mirella at present. Its nice to know that there is another designed brooch in Mirella. Thank you for sharing.

    Best Sue

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  3. Yeah i to have a floral one its fab in perfect condition. Been wrapped up safe it id lovely.

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I preserve the past. Researching family and local history. Finding about mine and other people's ancestors, is just one of my passions. I also love vintage costume jewellery made here in the UK. I write about my finds and like to research.