I’ve had this for so long, I can’t remember when it arrived. Pretty sure I got it at a now defunct antique market (the downside to Ebay is the loss of vendors at markets, a development I still mourn).

It was hard to capture the enamel picture on the front, a cherub kissing the mouth of a reclining woman. Flash probably would have helped, but it also would have obliterated a lot of the detail due to the almost glassy finish.

The little portrait is set  into (or part of) an oval sterling pin with a bead detail edge. I’ve louped it and did not see the tell tale dots of a lithograph or mass produced piece of art so typical of the time on less expensive jewellery. The back says only sterling, with a capital E set in what could be a maple leaf or other jagged surround. I am guessing it is North American because of the sterling mark. It isn’t terribly light weight but also not what I would call substantial. Exactly the type of little frippery that would have been pinned to a high white lace Victorian collar. Though it does seem to me that the subject matter, angelic cherub notwithstanding, was kind of racy for the time.