A DIAMOND CRESCENT BROOCH
A DIAMOND CRESCENT BROOCH

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A DIAMOND CRESCENT BROOCH
Set with two graduated lines of old European and old mine-cut diamonds, circa 1885, with French assay mark (with concealed pendent hoop)

拍品專文

The crescent moon motif, the symbol of Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, came into fashion in the early years of the Second Empire when the Empress Eugnie held house parties at Compine where hunting was one of the chief amusements of her guests.