Coral Brooches

Antique Italian carved coral mounted in gold. Exceptional antique carved coral piece, made in Napoles Italy back in the late 18th century. This c...

This is a rare antique Egyptian Revival Hand Carved Coral Victorian Scarab Beetle Insect Brooch Pin in 9 Karat Gold. The stunning three dimensional scarab beetle bug insect is carve...

Vintage Italian 1950 Rose brooch. Beautiful piece, crafted with very realistic organic details in solid 14 kt of textured yellow gold. It is suited at the reverse, with a vertical h...

Coral & Turquoise Egyptian Mortive Brooch By Trio 1 carved coral face set with sapphires & cabochon turquoise approximately .90 cts & round cut diam...

19thc Etruscan Revival 14k Gold Brooch Set With Carved Coral and Silver Colored Seed Pearls. The pillow shaped concave sided brooch has an open-work gold wire border, the top with granulation and gold wire with filigree engraving on the gold wire in a scrolling design. The border is set with four, floral carved coral blossoms and the four corners are mounted with silver colored natural seed pearls and the sides with tapered free moving bullet shaped gold drops. Centering the brooch is a carved coral, sleeping putti. The warm burnished glow in the deep yellow gold was the result of a technique called bloomed gold. A high carat gold wash (22-24 kt), in this case over 14 kt gold. Bloomed gold is alloy deletion leaving a pure gold surface on a piece. This is a different look than gold plating as it leaves a nice frosted effect. These techniques were developed by the Etruscan's. They were master metal smiths and mined various ores including iron, tin, copper, silver, and gold and became famous for their metalworking. Italians have harvested coral...