A Gem-Set Blister Pearl Bug Brooch.

This sweet bug perched on this fine brooch and is encrusted with seed pearls. The gorgeous bug has a pink gem stone set within it. Dimensions Of Bug:...

Created in the 1880s, this diamond, pearl, and gem-set butterfly brooch is set in silver-topped 18K gold. The old mine-cut diamond and pearl body, with emerald eyes and ruby-tipped antennae, has curving rose-cut diamond wings edged with rubies and highlighted by round-cut sapphires, in a patinated silver-topped 18K gold mount. Beautifully modeled, with intense sparkle and colors, this small jewel conveys the preciousness and rarity of the graceful favorite of the insect world. Product details: Item #: BO-21096 Circa: 1880 Dimensions: 1.00" length x 1.50" width Materials: 1 old mine and 58 rose-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 0.94 carat); 1 natural freshwater pearl; 4 old round cut sapphires (approximate total weight 0.35 carat); 28 mixed old cut rubies (approximate total weight 0.60 carat); 2 old round-cut emeralds (approximate total weight 0.01 carat); Silver-topped 18K Gold Signed: 18 Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Fashionable women of the late 19th century wore insect brooches in multiples. Multiple butterflies might adorn a dress or alternately secure an opulent veil in place. Although seen since the Renaissance in Western jewelry...

A late Victorian pearl, gem set and diamond dog brooch, the natural blister pearl dog shaped pearl, accompanied by a GIA certificate, with cabochon-...

Attractive artisanal Gem Set Brooch from the 1950's set in sterling silver. An unusual combination of watermelon tourmaline, aquamarine, fluorite and ci...

Here we have a wonderfully detailed antique brooch crafted into the shape of a six-legged bug. A silver cut-collet set old cushion cut diamond acts as the body with an off-round whit...

A late Victorian gem-set butterfly brooch, the body is a gold spring terminating to a natural pearl, the eyes set with two cabochon-cut rubies, th...