This is a large, glamorous brooch that has a closed bar in back rather than a pin, so one can put it on fine silk scarves without worry. It is of a cast silvery metal (but not silver) and paved with multicolored crystals and cabochons. It is from the Painted Door in Oklahoma City, a kitschy gift store that seems to specialize in way over-the-top accessories. I am not a regular shopper there, but happened to go there with a friend from rural Texas who rarely has any fun at all and was clamoring to do anything not immediately connected with livestock.
I wear this when I am feeling powerful enough to literally carry it, since it's quite heavy. Here it is with a finely pleated, block-striped silk scarf from the New York Museum of Modern Art. The whole look is quite dramatic.
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