This item is a vintage gold-tone and rhinestone figural bird brooch, likely a parrot or cockatoo, po... Show more

This item is a vintage gold-tone and rhinestone figural bird brooch, likely a parrot or cockatoo, popular in mid-century costume jewelry. The specific design is a wirework style with a head fully encrusted with clear rhinestones and an artfully curled tail. The brooch is a piece of costume jewelry, characterized by its gold-tone metal and clear rhinestone accents. It features a stylized bird parrot or cockatoo with an open wirework body and tail, a pavé rhinestone-set head, and a black bead or rhinestone eye. Similar figural bird brooches, particularly in this wire or "jelly belly" style (though this one is open wire), were common in the 1940s-1960s.