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Book Your AppointmentAn unusual and beautiful brooch of a crab that was made circa 1880 in Europe and imported in to France. The body is gold with silverA metallic element which is malleable and ductile, and white in colour, making it ideal for use in jewellery. It is usually mixed with copper to improve its hardness.
settings. In the centre is a large cabochonA polished, not faceted, dome shaped stone - either round or oval with a flat polished base, primarily used as a cut for phenomenal stones such as cat's eyes and stars.
cut garnetDescribes a group of several closely related minerals. Garnets come in a variety of colours, however the most common colour is dark red. In descriptions, ‘garnet’ tends to refer to dark red stones unless otherwise specified.. Around it are old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod... diamonds. It also has small cabochon rubyOne of the most valuable gemstones on earth. From the corundum family, the red variety being ruby and the blue, sapphire. With the exception of the diamond, corundum is the hardest of the gemstones on the Mohs scale scoring a 9. eyes. The eight legs articulate and have been set with graduated old mine cut diamonds. The story goes that Karkinos was a giant crab who rescued the Hydra in its battle with Herakles. Karkinos crushed Herakles and his reward from the Goddess Hera was to place him amongst the stars as the constellation Cancer. Perhaps this brooch was a special commission for a Cancerian. It comes in an S J Phillips ornate tooled Moroccan Burgundy leather case when the firm was based in 139 New Bond Street, London W1 with the silk inside printed with the Royal Appointment Warrants.
I love that the legs all move on this fantastic and unusual crab brooch.
Hibou (Owl import mark to France)
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