Victorian "Madonna & Child With St John" Enamel Miniature Brooch operculum and has picked up a

and has picked up a gorgeous patina over the years

while working loading trucks at R-Jo's warehouse in the 1970s

Saint John was the patron saint of Florence

It is said that the wood from which Christ's crown of thorns was made was hawthorn

Victorian "Madonna & Child With St John" Enamel Miniature Brooch operculum and has picked up aDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 A finely painted enamel miniature depicting Madonna with Child visited by his cousin Saint John the Baptist. It's been a popular subject for artists over the centuries, and, while I can't find an exact match, the closest seems to be Michele Tosini's 1565 work in the mannerist style, a 16th century movement focused more on expression than naturalism, which portrays a similar embrace of the two children, with Jesus on his