Brooch

Brooch, England, circa 1842. Gold, garnet and pearls, 3.9 x 2.2 cm (1.5 x 0.9 in.). Image courtesy Wartski / Stand 311. This circular brooch was presented to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria (1819-1901) by His late Royal Highness Prince Albert (1819-1861). The form is inspired by the celebrated brooch of Lorne, a silver medieval turreted disc brooch, apocryphally thought to have been taken in battle from Robert the Bruce (Robert I of Scotland) at the battle of Dalrigh in 1307. The historic jewel was shown to Queen Victoria... [Lire la suite]

Lot 312. Ruby and diamond necklace and a brooch, circa 1935. Estimate 535,000 — 735,000 CHF. Estimate 682,000 -- 975,000 CHF. Photo. Sotheby's. The necklace set with variously shaped rubies, highlighted with baguette diamonds, the geometric side clasps set with circular-cut and baguette diamonds, length approximately 440mm, French assay and partial maker's marks, separates into two segments, together with a brooch; the brooch could be worn as a pendant at the back of the... [Lire la suite]

Lilly Fitzgerald (American, born in 1951), Brooch, about 1988. Gold, boulder opal. Gift of Daniel and Jessie Lie Farber, 1988.537 © 2017 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 22 kt gold pin with depletion gilding set with two Australian boulder opals (opals in matrix). The opals are cut into two quadrants and bisected on a vertical axis with gold set with soldered gold balls. Horizontally, they are banded at the top with three bars of gold which pierce the vertical axis. Eighteen kt clasp. (from card). Overall: 3.7 x 4.8 x 0.8cm (1... [Lire la suite]

Lot 80. An Art-Déco Cartier brooch, London, c. 1925-30. Estimate €1500. Photo Nagel 18ct. white gold. Set with emeralds, sapphires and diamonds. Signed "Cartier London". L. 3,4 cm Provenance: German private property, acquired at Ledebur Antiques, Munich in 1979. Nagel. Sale 744, 22nd February 2017

Brooch, Ottonian, Made in probably northern Italy, ca. 970–1030. Gold, pearls, glass, cloisonné enamel. Overall: 1 1/2 x 1/2 in. (3.8 x 1.2 cm). Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917, 17.191.7 © 2000–2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. High-ranking members of the Ottonian court wore this kind of adornment. The star-shaped brooch is decorated with miniature architectural forms constructed out of fine gold filigree and granulation. Collared enclosures for gems and glass paste were often used to set stones onto bezels for finger rings... [Lire la suite]

Brooch, Lacloche, circa 1930. Platinum and Diamond © Wartski formed as a platinum cylinder set with brilliant cut diamonds, orbited by three extended diamond set bands, a row of square cut diamonds running down the centre. Signed: Lacloche, c.1930.

Gold, Silver, Natural Pearl, Enamel and Diamond Brooch, circa 1890. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Of floral design, set with nine variously-shaped natural pearls measuring approximately 7.5 to 4.8 mm, accented by old mine and single-cut diamonds weighing approximately .75 carat, highlighted with green and peach-hued enamel, gross weight approximately 12 dwts; circa 1890. With fitted box.  Accompanied by GIA report no. 1176217257 stating that the pearls are natural, saltwater.... [Lire la suite]

Ornamental Centipede. Harry Bertoia, Circa 1942, Hammered brass. Gift of George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth through The Cranbrook Foundation. CAM 1943.12. Photo by R. H. Hensleigh and Tim Thayer. BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH.- Cranbrook Art Museum announces that the exhibition Bent, Cast, and Forged: The Jewelry of Harry Bertoia will open on March 14, 2015. This is the first Museum exhibition devoted exclusively to Harry Bertoia’s designs for jewelry. It will run through November 29, 2015.  Bertoia (b.... [Lire la suite]

A gemset and enamelled gold ear ornament mounted as a brooch, Rajasthan, North India, 19th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 Of cusped rounded form, the surface decorated with pearls and emeralds with a central rosette surrounded by straight and cusped bands, and bands of small quatrefoils alternated with crescents, the edge with a series of small pearls strung within simple gold loops, the reverse decorated with polychrome enamels with a central roundel containing an iris spray and two addorsed birds, around this a band of... [Lire la suite]

18th century diamond six petal flowerhead brooch, c.1770. Photo S. J. Phillips Ltd. centred by an oval rose cut diamond cluster, to slightly curved petals of pointed drop outline, pave set with lines of cushion cut diamonds, diamond line spurs between, close set in silver. Width 5.5cm / 2 1/8'' - Weight: 38.5g. Price range: £20,000-£50,000 18th century chrysolite ribbon bow and drop brooch-pendant, Portuguese c.1770. Photo S. J. Phillips Ltd. the double ribbon tied bow of openwork design, the loops centred by trailing... [Lire la suite]