Brooch Coral Branch with Sapphires & Diamonds

Name: Brooch Coral Branch with Sapphires & Diamonds
Brand: Unknown
Price: 4000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This antique coral and sapphire brooch is triking and quite unique; a bit eccentric but natural, organic, and elemental. A 60 mm tall, 61 mm wide branch of natural angel skin coral wears six 2 mm wide solid gold shackles, to which is attached a royal blue natural sapphire hand-carved into a fruit & leaf form that dangles freely from a hoop. On the two shackles which surround the main trunk of the coral branch is a rectangular box of white gold set with two tiny old-cut diamonds. A brooch pin is found on the reverse but no hallmarks or maker's marks anywhere. Seaman Schepps created a similar brooch with similarly carved sapphires. The sapphires —approximately 6.70 carats of them— are very high quality with excellent saturation and clarity as well. Carved sapphires frequently lack the clarity these gems display which makes this brooch exceptionally beautiful. The gold has deepened over time and a rich, warm yellow. The coral is so highly polished it at first looks to be porcelain. Only when the brooch is in your hand can you see it is, in fact, a gem from the sea. A substantial, unusual and beautiful brooch equally suitable for a man or a woman.

Metal:

18k Gold

Stone:

Coral,Diamond,Blue Sapphire,Sapphire

Stone Cut:

Uncut

Weight:

11.73 g

Dimensions:

Height: 2.37 in (60 mm)Width: 2.41 in (61 mm)

Style:

Art Nouveau

Place of Origin:

Unknown

Period:

1910-1919

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1910

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. A pair of faint hairlines coincide with soldered portions of the gold straps. The coral is not cracked and is stable; the faint hairlines appear to have been created during the creation of the piece. Visible with loupe and side-lighting.

Seller Location:

Southbury, CT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU158917984712

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