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Find Out MoreA most unusual 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. gold brooch set with well matched white graded old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod... diamonds in a wonderful design of flowers, leaves and buds. It is in it’s original case and was retailed by W Bruford and Son who were based in Eastbourne and Exeter and were a well known firm of jewellers. It has been so beautifully made. There is a screw fitting on the back which when undone separates the whole brooch mounting from the plaque. I assume that this could then have been attached to either a tiara or a choker.
Stunning workmanship and such a wonderful brooch
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