(10) Vintage Bakelite & Other Material Brooches

Lot description

(lot of 10) Vintage Bakelite with other material brooches, including: (1) forest colored leaf, on conforming carved wood mount, (1) pierced black quatrefoil with radiating foliate motifs, (2) in cherry, with varied floriform and geometric designs, (1) having symmetrical tapered coffee bean body, with patinated metal bands, (1) golden leaf-form, with remnants of silver-tone paint, (1) chocolate wreath-form, (1) central carved star, (2) in olive green, largest: approx 3"h, 2.75"w, 161 grams total Provenance: From the estate of Dorothy Jean McPhaul, whose small East Austin antique shop, Johnnie’s Antiques, has survived for generations despite rapid city expansion. McPhaul, a true lover of all things antique and a retired educator with a 40-year tenure at the LaGrange Public School system, personally collected African American memorabilia, jewelry, glassware, pottery, amongst other rare and fine antiques. Established by McPhaul’s grandfather, Simon Sidle, in 1918, Johnnie’s Antiques is among the last vintage properties on East 6th Street, and notable as one of the first black-owned businesses in Austin. After assuming proprietorship in 1999, Dorothy followed in the family tradition as a fixture of the Texas antique sale circuit.