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 mountLength 8cm / 3''
Width including beak 2.7cm / 1''Weight: 41.5g
19th century emerald and diamond openwork scroll knot brooch, French c.1880, the central upright figure-of-eight set with cushion cut diamonds, entwined by a looping line of rectangular cut emeralds, open set in gold, French gold assaymark and partial workship mark to pin, pendant hooks to verso, approximately 3.45cts diamonds in all, approximately 6.00cts of emeralds
Late 19th century Austrian sapphire, diamond and natural drop pearl cluster pendant brooch, Vienna c.1890, centred by a principal oblong cushion cut Ceylon sapphire of 9.18ct,