Antique pearl and diamond corsage brooch, c.1900, attributed to Boucheron, formerly belonging to Mrs Flora Sassoon (1859-1936), designed as a stylised flowering gingko, converting for wear as a pendant-necklace,
of Art Nouveau influence, graduating to the pendant centre, the scallop shaped leaves set with lines of cushion cut diamonds, upon whiplash stems, suspending three shorter multi pearl bud cluster drops, two longer smaller clusters hanging below featuring echoed smaller leaf, upon articulated slender diamond set bar lines, brooch pin fittings detachable, accompanied by an articulated necklace back spaced by pearl and diamond foliate motifs alternating diamond forget-me-not clusters, on knife-bar joins, unsigned, corsage testing as silver and gold, the necklace back as platinum and gold, accompanied by GCS report no. 80256-14, stating that the three pearls testing (the central pearl and the two lowest), measuring 9.50-9.60 x 8.38, 8.68-8.70 x 7.78mm and 9.10-9.11 x 8.70mm, are natural, saltwater. Length as necklace 44cm / 17''
Width of front corsage section 14cm / 5�
Height of drop at front 10.5cm / 4'' Weight: 107.5g
Early 20th century Russian diamond scroll collar necklace by Vassily Finikov, St. Petersburg, reputedly by Bolin and gifted in 1905 to Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, converting to a tiara,
Antique pearl and diamond corsage brooch, c.1900, attributed to Boucheron, formerly belonging to Mrs Flora Sassoon (1859-1936), designed as a stylised flowering gingko, converting for wear as a pendant-necklace,