Pendant

Heart-shaped brooches popular among Iroquois. Design thought to have come from Scotland with Scottish traders.

Collector states maker probably Arthur Powless and describes the hallmark as a crooked arrow. However, information linking him to the eel sign can be found in “The Covenant Chain:, pages 71-72. Arthur Powless makes for sale copies of artefacts which were used for fur trading in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He exhibits through Windsong Galleries, Mississauga, Ontario.

Art Market

Repousse is a type of ornamentation formed in relief in metal by hammering up from the reverse or inner side.

Heart-shaped brooch with central heart-shaped cutout and crown top. Five small bosses along the top and seven larger ones around the outer edge. Triangular cutout above the heart. Scalloped and straight lines on the front, and scalloped lines on back. Ring through hole at top. Eel mark engraved on back.