Details
- Styles
- Victorian
- Primary Stone Creation
- Natural
- Brooch Height
- 29 mm
- Primary Stone
- Diamond
- Primary Stone Shape
- Round
- Brooch Width
- 27 mm
- Period
- 19th Century
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- 14K Gold
- Diamond
- Porcelain
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gold
- Condition Notes
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- Description
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A fine antique 19th Century (Victorian, or possibly earlier) brooch.
With a very finely painted porcelain medallion mounted in an … more A fine antique 19th Century (Victorian, or possibly earlier) brooch.
With a very finely painted porcelain medallion mounted in an 14 karat yellow gold off-round setting.
Possibly French.
The porcelain depicts a finely dressed lady with a large bejeweled garden hat with prong-set diamonds in a formal garden setting.
This is likely an early porcelain plaque converted into a pin in a later gold mount.
Simply a wonderful piece of antique jewelry!
Date:
19th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall fair, as-pictured, used estate condition.
Condition Details:
There are some visible chips to the lower section of the porcelain medallion under the bezel (this is difficult to see but necessary to know), some light dings and indentations to the mounting throughout, and some wear and irregularity to the bezel edge. Otherwise, there is some light edge wear, some fine and light surface scratches, and other signs of light wear consistent with age.
Fineness:
Professionally tests at 14k.
Marks:
Apparently unmarked.
Gemstone Measurements:
6 diamonds: ca. 1 - 1.4mm diameter
Measurements:
Height: ca. 29mm
Width: ca. 27mm
Depth: ca. 7mm
Weight: ca. 6 g
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