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Find Out MoreDiamond Horse & Jockey Brooch in Original Garrard & Co. Case
№ 609G
A fine quality platinumDerives from the Spanish word 'platina' meaning 'little silver'. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum's durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete... More and diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use... More set horse and jockey brooch, retailed by the famous firm, Garrard & Co. of Regent Street, London, who were by Royal Appointment to the Queen. The jockey has been enamelled with the owner’s colours so it could well have been a special commission. The diamonds are a mixture of rose cutThe ‘rose cut’, defined by its rounded outline and multiple triangular facets, is one of the earliest diamond cuts, with its origins in sixteenth century Europe. A rose cut typically has a flat base and anywhere from six to twenty four facets, the latter known as a full rose cut. More and 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... More stones with a small 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.
More sapphireBlue is the best-known colour for this gemstone but it can be found in all colours of the spectrum. After diamond, sapphire is the hardest gemstone.
More for the horse’s eye. It is really a miniature work of art and would be a fantastic present to someone in the racing fraternity.
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Item Number:
№ 609G
Measurements:
Height ¾ in / 1.9 cm
Width just under 1 ½ in / 2.5 cm
Case 2 ¼ in / 5.8 cm square
Diamonds approx 50 points total weight
Width just under 1 ½ in / 2.5 cm
Case 2 ¼ in / 5.8 cm square
Diamonds approx 50 points total weight
Place of Origin:
England
Discovered:
10 years ago
Hallmarks
Unmarked, platinum
Many pieces of antique jewellery were unmarked because hallmark regulations were not obligatory until 1972.
Case inscribed with "By appointment to HM The Queen • Goldsmiths and Crown Jewellers • Garrard & Co Ltd, 12 Regent Street, W1" on silk lining
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