a floral and foliate carved corallium rubrum inverted drop forming the body, knobble-textured gold to the head and tail, with a long pointed beak and a large old round brilliant cut diamond forming the eye, signed 'STERLE PARIS', serial number 1.975, French assaymarks to pins and mount Length 8cm / 3''
Width including beak 2.7cm / 1'' Weight: 41.5g
Mid 20th century diamond set stylised flower brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris c.1950, designed as a single bloom, the principal single stone diamond of 2.23ct forming the stamen,
Late 19th century / early 20th century 'Noeud Louis XVI' diamond openwork ribbon bow brooch by Cartier, Paris c.1902, the loops and ribbon ends centred by alternating single stone and quatrefoil clusters,