Victorian antique flower brooch fully covered with diamonds and brilliant center

This Victorian openwork flower brooch from 1860 with a silver top and an 18K red gold back can enrapture anyone with its crown-set old European cut diamond heart. The 48 rose cuts diamonds encrusted between the delicately pierced veins of the five petals fondle ten central diamond-topped stamina while a sepal set with a rose cut diamond glances from between each petal. Being an utterly perfect portrayal of the archetypical bloom, this astonishing antique jewel will strike time as it strikes hearts.

Antique jewelry object group: brooch

Condition: excellent condition
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Country of origin: Although it does not carry any legible control marks we believe this to be of Belgian origin.

Style: Victorian - Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. The Victorian era is known for its eclectic revival and interpretation of historic styles and the introduction of cross-cultural influences from the middle east and Asia in furniture, fittings, and Interior decoration. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a regrettable excess of ornament. The Arts and Crafts movement, the aesthetic movement, Anglo-Japanese style, and Art Nouveau style have their beginnings in the late Victorian era.
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Style specifics: The Grand Victorian Period - Experts divide the reign of Queen Victoria, also called The Victorian era (1837 - 1901) into three periods of about twenty years each; The Romantic Victorian Period (1837 - 1860), The Grand Victorian Period (1860 - 1880), and the Late or Aesthetic Victorian Period (1880 - 1901).

We consider this to be of the Grand Victorian Period.

This second Victorian period is famous for its ostentatious pieces set with pearls and diamonds (from South Africa). From ca. 1850 wealthy English had reported about jewelry from India and Japan, which heavily inspired the jewelers of this period. This period also corresponds with the death of Queen Victoria's husband King Albert making mourning jewelry (set with heavy dark stones) the type of jewelry specific for this period.

Period: ca. 1860
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Source of inspiration: Mother Nature (see also: flower symbolism)

Material: Silver on top and backed with 18K red gold (see explanation on silver on gold).
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Diamonds: One old European cut diamond with an estimated weight of approx. 0.35 crt. and 63 rose cut diamonds and senailles . A senaille is a simplified rose cut diamond, a small diamond chip with perhaps a few polished facets. We do not have the weight of the rose cuts diamonds nor the senailles which is normal in our trade when it comes to rose cut diamonds and senailles.
Note: All diamond weights, color grades and clarity are approximate since the stones were not removed from their mounts to preserve the integrity of the setting.

Total diamond weight: approx. 0.35 crt. (without the rose cut diamonds)

Birthstones: Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April.
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Hallmarks: No trace.
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Dimensions: diameter approximately 2,92 cm (1,15 inch)

Weight: 11,50 gram (7,39 dwt)

Reference Nº: 14261-0023

Copyright photography: Adin, fine antique jewelry

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