Essex Crystal Style White Cat Stick Pin old silhouette and to my sensibilities quite

and to my sensibilities quite a satisfying one to have and to hold

who he told me she had "run" Bergdorf Goodman's in 1930s

I'd love to know the backstory

may not be delivering the best of news

Essex Crystal Style White Cat Stick Pin old silhouette and to my sensibilities quiteI didn't know these were a thing, but have learned that they very much are, some quite finely done, this one more humble but I think pretty charming still. Essex crystals are also known as 'reverse intaglios, ' made of a cabochon of colourless rock quartz that has been carved on the flat side after which the details of the design are painted, creating a three dimensional 'trompe l'oeil effect'. I believe that is the case here, or at least it was made,