A FRENCH ROSE-CUT DIAMOND AND ENAMELLED GOLD MAPLE SPRAY BROOCH in the style of Fossin, the cascading stem with translucent green enamel leaves veined in rose-cut diamonds set between ferruginous crystalline quartz husks, the three lower husks suspending tapering diamond-set drops, with curving gold stem and spiralling tendril, circa 1850, maker's mark illegible, in fitted case tooled with coronet and initials on the lid, the base with label Rigaud, Rue de la Paix 11, Joaillier, Bijoutier

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A FRENCH ROSE-CUT DIAMOND AND ENAMELLED GOLD MAPLE SPRAY BROOCH in the style of Fossin, the cascading stem with translucent green enamel leaves veined in rose-cut diamonds set between ferruginous crystalline quartz husks, the three lower husks suspending tapering diamond-set drops, with curving gold stem and spiralling tendril, circa 1850, maker's mark illegible, in fitted case tooled with coronet and initials on the lid, the base with label Rigaud, Rue de la Paix 11, Joaillier, Bijoutier
10.0cm. overall height

Lot Essay

INDENTCf. H. Vever, La Bijouterie Fraçaise au XIX Siècle (1906 reprint) pp.238, 254, 320.
Ferruginous crystalline quartz obtains its colour from iron and is related to jasper

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