French Art Nouveau Diamond Brooch | 3.4ctw | .93ct Old Mine Centre | Sterling & Pink Gold | c.1890 Historical jewelry piece it wears beautifully on its

it wears beautifully on its own or as an anchor for charms and pendants

Folklore relates cameos' mystic capacity to attract health and good fortune

beautiful silver was used by the wealthier classes for dining

for it is illegal to now mine any of the remaining Perpignan garnets from their alpine deposits

and were used heavily by the ruling class and Roman elite and military officers to show their status

French Art Nouveau Diamond Brooch | 3.4ctw | .93ct Old Mine Centre | Sterling & Pink Gold | c.1890 Historical jewelry piece it wears beautifully on itsAn outstanding French Art Nouveau brooch acquired in France 81 rose cuts and three old mine cuts in a swirling composition where the flowers appear to bloom into each other, dew drops rendered as diamonds dripping into articulation at the very bottom. This piece sits at the precise threshold where the Empress Eugnie sensibility of the 1850s evolves into the floral, aesthetic language of Art Nouveau and it shows that transition in its very form. The