{"product_id":"1930s-angelfish-brooch","title":"1930s Angelfish Brooch","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeautiful angelfish brooch dating from the 1930s. Crafted in sterling silver, it's finished in colourful guilloché enamel: lapis blue scaled body with a striking red pectoral fin with trailing streamers whose colours gradually shift from blue to green to yellow. It appears to be a queen angelfish, \u003cem\u003eHolacanthus ciliaris.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe naturalist Mark Catesby painted a watercolour, \u003cem\u003eThe Angel-Fish\u003c\/em\u003e, around 1722 which now resides in the Royal Collection. He found it one of the strangest-looking fish he’d come across and used gold paint for the edges of its scales. It became plate 31 in the second volume of his \u003cem\u003eNatural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.\u003c\/em\u003e Linnaeus drew on Catesby’s work when naming American species, and he named the queen angelfish in 1758. It’s still widely called one of the most beautiful fish in the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEra: Art Deco, circa 1930\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 2.4cm by 1.5cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarks: Stamped STERLING (silver)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Great antique condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Heirloom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53640930853176,"sku":"LO3256","price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/7387\/2952\/files\/Website-8875.jpg?v=1793370746","url":"https:\/\/lostowl.com\/products\/1930s-angelfish-brooch","provider":"Lost Owl Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}