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
19th century gold openwork quatrefoil link chain necklace by Wiese, Paris, c.1890, the four petal flowerheads each formed of interlocking heart scrolls,
Late 18th and early 19th century foiled amethyst suite, c.1800, comprising a necklace with cross pendant, a pair of bracelets, a pair of pendant earrings and a coronet shaped brooch,
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,