Radiant Collar Brooch With 1.14 ct Diamonds in Red Gold, Germany c. 1890

No jewellery box of the late 19th century would have been complete without a brooch. Depending on the wardrobe and occasion, these brooches served different purposes: there was the small collar brooch for the high-collared blouse, the jewelled pin for pinning scarves and veils, but also the festive corsage ornament worn in front of the evening or ball gown. Such a jewelleed brooch for pinning a scarf or also for closing a blouse is the one presented here. It features eight wonderful old European cut diamonds with a total weight of about 1.14 ct and is made of 14-karat rose gold. Organized as a curved bar brooch, it centrally groups four larger diamonds into a lily-shaped arrangement held by two so-called curved "knife bars". The piece of jewellery is very well preserved and even after more than a century it is still excellently wearable - not only on the evening dress or scarf, there are no limits to the imagination. The brooch found here in Berlin to us.

Estimate:£1,860.25

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