Lot 6. A colourless beryl and paste Devant de Corsage, Portuguese, third quarter of the 18th Century. Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 (US$7,400 - 9,900). Sold for £7,500 (€8,882). Photo Bonhams.

Designed as a ribbon bow, the stylised flower head motif issuing from the centre, set throughout with vari-cut foiled colourless beryl, suspending a pear-shaped pendant, composed of foiled paste in closed-back settings, mounted in silver, may be worn as a brooch or pendant, length 10.3cm, cased

Note: For similar examples of Portuguese jewels of this period, see d'Oray, Leonor, "Five Centuries of Jewellery", Zwemmer, London/Instituto Portugues de Museus, Lisbon, 1995, pages 84 and 85.

Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY, 27 Apr 2017, 14:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET