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Find Out MoreThis is a wonderful pair of heart brooches. They are 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 and were made around 1910 when the Suffrage movement was gathering pace. The use of colours gives the clue that not only are they decorative pieces of jewellery but they send a message to sympathisers of the Suffragette movement. G (green enamelA pigmented glass-like material used in powdered form and fused onto the metal surface of a piece of jewellery.) Give. W (white diamonds/pearls) Women. V (violet/red enamel) Votes. They adopted these colours in 1908. Purple/red represented royalty and “the royal blood that flows in the veins of every suffragette, the instinct of freedom and dignity”. White represented purity, and green represented hope and “the emblem of spring.” The two hearts are red and green enamel with rose diamonds surrounding them and a small rose diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use... in the centre of each one, with naturalA natural stone is called such because it has not been subjected to any treatments. bouton pearlNatural pearls are an organic gem formed inside live mollusc shells and come in all shapes and sizes. They are formed as the result of a natural irritant within the mollusc's mantle and as a defence, layers of iridescent nacre form over the top of it, creating a pearl. terminals. They are joined by a natural pearlA pearl-bearing mollusc that has not been tampered with by man to produce a cultivated pearl will produce a 'natural pearl'. set 15ct gold chain. There is a glazed locket on the reverse of one of the hearts. The brooches are in their original case retailed by Percy Edwards Company, 71 & 72 Piccadilly. They had the Royal warrant to Hm The King as displayed on the silk lining.
Rare and beautiful brooches in fantastic condition!
Buying vintage jewelry is both ethical and eco-friendly as harmful and destructive mining processes are not needed to make an item yours. So give yourself a pat on the back!
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