Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Silver and Jewellery
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 21 February 2022
Silver and Jewellery
Lot Estimate
ZAR 600 - 800
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 2 111
About this Item
Victorian seed-pearl and gold brooch
set to the front with a crescent set with graduated seed pearls, heightened with five pearls on a knife edge bar, cased, width approximately 35mm; and a turquoise and chalcedony gold brooch, mid 19th century, oval, the centre set with turquoises in the form of a flowerhead, the sides applied with shell-shaped claws, bordered by collet-set turquoise beads and swags, repairs, width approximately 30mm
(2)
Notes
Gross mass: Pearl brooch 3.6g
Unmarked
The brooch bar tests as 17.432KT
The brooch back pin tests as 9.472KT
Gross mass: turquoise and chalcedony brooch 6.2g The reverse with repairs. The front with a shell shaped claw missing. Unmarked.
The brooch tests as 8.306KT