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Find Out MoreA finely detailed 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 of a working spaniel carved in reverse in rock crystal. This was quite a process and highly skilled as rock crystal is one of the hardest stones to carve especially in reverse. After completing the carving it has to be coloured and backed with mother of pearlThe iridescent inner layer of certain molluscs such as oysters or abalones which is used as a decorative inlay.. The subject is lovely, a spaniel alert and ready for the shoot. The bar part of the brooch is a collar and a lead which wraps around the crystal intaglioAn engraved stone, the opposite of a cameo, with a recessed design cut below the surface of the stone. Intaglio designs are common for signet rings and fob seals. of the dog. It also has white goldWhite gold is an alloy of gold and at least one other white metal - most often nickel or palladium (both of which act as a bleaching agent to reduce the natural yellow colour of the gold). detail on the buckle parts. It was made circa 1900-1910.
Unmarked, tested to 15ct gold
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