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Find Out MoreA smart 14ct58.5% pure gold (or 585 parts pure gold to 415 parts other metals) gold brooch with a platinumDerives from the Spanish word 'platina' meaning 'little silver'. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum's durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete... top that is typical of the geometric style of the 1920s. It has been set with calibre cutTypically small, fancy-cut faceted stones in the shape of rectangles, squares, oblongs or other specialty shapes cut to fit very closely together in a setting to create a design that often outlines or accents a larger motif. Calibre-cut comes from the word calibration which means to divide or mark with gradations. This style of stone cutting was made popular... rubies and round cut diamonds within millegrainA tiny decorative feature - normally in platiunum - in which minute beads of metal are raised along the edge of a setting, which adds texture and enhances the sparkling effect. settings. These brooches were worn on lapels, on their own or with other similar brooches set with other gemstones. At the time eternity rings were very popular too so different gemstones were worn on the finger too, sometimes alternated with diamonds as with this brooch. The sides have an attractive running line of bobbles. It’s a great look and very well made
Marked 585 (Austrian mark for 14ct gold) Another mark illegible
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