Victorian Pin/Brooch Open Floral Inspired and Set With Seed Pearls and Amethysts

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...

Rare 19th c Carved Cameo in Blue and White. Cleverly carved to utilize the blue for the sky and the white was carved into a castle with battlements. Unusual colors. N. P. Trent An...

This Victorian art-deco brooch features a 1.8 x 1.4 cm centerpiece faceted, open back amethyst gemstone, surrounded by real seeded pearls and set in a gold-plated sterling silver fil...

--Stone(s):-- (1) Natural Genuine Amethyst - Custom Cut - Milgrain Bezel Set - Deep Purple Color - 26.8x18.4mm (approx.) Numerous Genuine Cultured Seed Pearls - Round Shape - White C...