Victorian Diamond And Silver Upon Gold Triple Horseshoe Arrow Brooch, 4.00 Carat

An antique crescent moon brooch, the body is set with two rows of old mine-cut diamonds, graduating in size, weighing an estimated total o...

A Victorian oval diamond openwork brooch, with a centre cluster, set with a cushion shaped old-cut diamond, surrounded by old-mine cut diamonds, in claw settings, enclosed by four tr...

A vintage, antique style diamond star brooch, with an old-cut diamond, in a claw and cut down setting, in the centre of a raised cluster of six old-cut diamonds, in grain settings, on a six pointed silver star, each ray set with two, graduating, old-cut diamonds, an eight-cut diamond and three rose-cut diamonds, in grain settings; with single diamond rays, in cut down settings, on knife edge stalks, between the points of the star, mounted in silver-upon-gold, with an approximate total diamond weight of 3.00 carats, with a pin and catch fitting and a dropping pendant fitting, South American, circa 1930. In Victorian symbolism stars represented direction, wisdom and guidance for the spirit. This was inspired by sailors of previous eras who used stars in the night sky as navigation aids. Stars have been popular motifs since the 17th century, with women of the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras adding diamond starbursts to their collections. The appearance of Halley’s Comet, in 1758 and again in 1835, lead to a fashion for star and comet jewellery...

An antique crescent moon brooch, the body is set with a row of old-cut diamonds, graduating in size, tapering to rose-cuts, weighing an estimated total of 3.50 carats, claw set in si...

An antique Belle Époque diamond buckle design brooch, with old-cut diamonds, with an estimated total weight of 13.65ct, with an Edwardian-cut diamond in the centre, weighing approximately 1.60ct, in a millegrain edged rub over setting, with a flower cluster, with leaves set either side, with single rub over set diamonds above and below, with three, diamond set swags, top and bottom, hanging from the frame edge, with single diamonds set at each point, in rub over settings, with a flower cluster in the two central swags, with a diamond set curved rectangular surround, millegrain edged, with grain set diamond trefoils in each corner, mounted in silver-upon gold, circa 1890. The back frame unscrews. The diamond set front is then flexible and can be adapted to wear as a belt buckle or choker plaque. Either end of the pin is marked with an A'M maker's mark, for Abraham Metzker, Austria 1867-1922. In our opinion the diamond colour range is I to J and our opinion the clarity is VS2. Maker's mark image with thanks to Lang Antique...

An antique opal and diamond brooch, with a claw set buff top cut opal, with predominantly red play of colour, mounted in gold, with silver claws, with four groups of three old-cut di...

A spectactularly large 18 carat gold and silver arrow brooch set with 114 old cut diamonds (app. 5.44 carat in total), in its original case by the Linzele...

A brand new diamond brooch in 18 karat gold. The diamond weight is 4.00 carat and total brooch weight is 21.29 grams.

This beautiful antique 15kt gold Arrow and horseshoe brooch is a real charmer! Rich in both symbolism and style you can't go wrong. A slender feathered arrow with the rich buttery gold hue only found on antique gold, it has a slightly brushed finish giving it some realistic texture. To the centre of the arrow there is a gold horseshoe set with lush pearls and twinkling rose cut diamons, the history behind horseshoe symbolism going back many years before the Victorian era...

Victorian Gold with Silver Rose-cut Diamonds and Pearls arrow brooch. Created around 1895. Arrow has been always considered as a sign of love. Once it was common to communicate a m...

A beautifully symmetrical Diamond horseshoe brooch! The horseshoe is set with 37 old European Diamonds graduating toward the center in platinum shared prongs with a 18K yellow gold frame. The 37 Diamonds make up a total weight of 2.00 carats, and are graded as H-J color, VS2-SI1 clarity. The brooch features a single bar pin closure. Offered by Charles Schwartz...

A rare and truly magnificent pair of diamond-encrusted "wings" from the Victorian (ca1880) era! Crafted in sterling silver and 14kt gold, this convertible piece can be worn in two eq...