The Women’s Social and Political Union adopted purple, white, and green as its official colours in 1908, and suffragette-sympathetic jewellers began producing pieces using exactly that palette almost immediately. This Arts and Crafts brooch, English, circa 1900, sits at the edge of that movement: silver and enamel work in the handmade, unpretentious style the Arts and Crafts movement favoured.<\/p>\n
Arts and Crafts jewellery and the suffrage movement shared an underlying philosophy: both were reactions against an establishment seen as ornamental, hollow, and resistant to genuine change.<\/p>\n
Why this piece matters beyond its craftsmanship.<\/strong> Genuine suffrage-era jewellery is a real, if narrow, category of political and social history that happens to also be wearable.<\/p>\n What to look for.<\/strong> Hand-finished, slightly irregular enamel work and a visible hallmark consistent with the period, both present here.<\/p>\n This piece is part of a small, genuinely personal collection of antique jewellery, gathered over years rather than acquired for resale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Women’s Social and Political Union adopted purple, white, and green as its official colours in 1908, and suffragette-sympathetic jewellers began producing pieces using exactly that palette almost immediately. This Arts and Crafts brooch, English, circa 1900, sits at the edge of that movement: silver and enamel work in the handmade, unpretentious style the Arts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[78],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-319","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-jewellery","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n