Large Georgian Agate Heart Brooch 18th tulip flowers

tulip flowers

Thirty one diamonds

A frame of ten deep and perky old European and old mine-cut diamonds adds to the light and shows their total weight of 1

all of the stones are set into closed precious metal

Large Georgian Agate Heart Brooch 18th tulip flowersRight away you can detect the air of 18th century jewelry. Several features give this away. The first is the "architecture" of the rose gold border. Linear incised indentations move around the collet and tiny pinches or flatted beads of gold are raised all along it, holding this marvelously, tactile agate. Two pins of gold at near the top and bottom of the heart hold it fast. On the reverse, note the thin, long tubular hinge, and "C" shaped clasp and