Yellow gold and coral cameo brooch
Barrette brooch in 18kt yellow gold, (hallmark: owl), set in its center with a coral cameo representing a woman in antique bust, surrounded by gold scrolls and twists.
Vintage work from the first part of the 20th Century.
Gross weight: 10.59g Height: 2.70 cm Width: 6.20cm
Condition: slight micro scratches and slight oxidation on the gold parts and the cameo, see photos.
The coral although it is organic in nature it is a material as precious as a fine stone: its growth is very slow, and red like this, prized for millennia. It mainly comes from the Mediterranean Sea where it lives in shaded rocky habitats between 5 and 700 meters deep.
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Original: $1,176.00
-65%$1,176.00
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Description
Barrette brooch in 18kt yellow gold, (hallmark: owl), set in its center with a coral cameo representing a woman in antique bust, surrounded by gold scrolls and twists.
Vintage work from the first part of the 20th Century.
Gross weight: 10.59g Height: 2.70 cm Width: 6.20cm
Condition: slight micro scratches and slight oxidation on the gold parts and the cameo, see photos.
The coral although it is organic in nature it is a material as precious as a fine stone: its growth is very slow, and red like this, prized for millennia. It mainly comes from the Mediterranean Sea where it lives in shaded rocky habitats between 5 and 700 meters deep.
All our antique brooches.
