Tod Pardon: ‘Surveien’ Sculpture and Brooch

Tod Pardon’s ‘Surveien’, a brooch in sterling silver in Tod’s classic technique of pigmented inlay, here a curved form is inlaid in ivory resin, wood and beads, a figure seemingly pictured inside another figure, its crest topped with white coral beads. The pin, composed of pigmented glass, wood, bone, hematite and coral, measures 1-3/4″ at the widest by 5-1/2″. Accompanied by rosewood stand to mount as sculpture when not being worn.