(10) Vintage Bakelite & Other Material Brooches

Lot description

(lot of 10) Vintage Bakelite with other material brooches, including: (1) penguin, (1) eagle, (1) carved wood figure, inscribed Judy to reverse, (1) two flowers adjoined with ribbons, adorned with rhinestones, some loss to rhinestones, (1) circular with reverse carved floral motifs, (1) prism form with raised interior features, (1) in butterscotch, carved curvilinear designs, (1) laminated faceted square, (1) wreath-form with central silver-tone metal flowers, (1) black rose, largest: approx 3.75"h, 0.75"w, 197 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.