The highlighted item is a vintage handmade Stuart Nye floral brooch component. Based in Asheville, North Carolina, the Stuart Nye studio has been handcrafting iconic botanical metalwork since 1933. This specific piece is styled after a pansy petal cluster. It features the characteristic fan-shaped, hand-wrought texturing and a central stamen bead typical of their mid-century modernist designs. While the studio is most widely recognized for sterling silver work, they have actively produced these botanical lines in hand-hammered copper and brass as well.