featuring a principal round bouton pearl to the middle of an openwork calibre cut ruby and diamond flowerhead, outer cushion cut ruby frame spaced by four smaller bouton pearls and four cushion cut diamonds, ruby and diamond foliate cluster to either side, the whole suspending five graduated bellflowers set with lines of graduated rubies and diamonds and with pearl terminal, open set in gold and silver to the diamonds, French assaymarks for gold Diameter 6cm / 2 3/8''
Length 7.5cm / 3'' Weight: 28.5g
19th century diamond set bird-of-paradise jewel, c.1880, with comb fitting for wear in the hair, the exotic bird naturalistically modelled with wings and tail raised,