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Rare Gold Antique Scottish Agate Gemstone Pin browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Estate Jewelry:Gold:Victorian: Pre 1837 VR: item # 739547 Please refer to our stock # 2167 when inquiring.
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| Extraordinary gold Scottish brooch, circa 1830. So very lovely and rare to find this motif and rarer in gold. It is designed with a beautiful array of agates in mellow shades, each blending into the other to create a soft backdrop for the central motif. The flower is the national flower of Scotland, the thistle, rendered in amethyst and accented with a natural Tay pearl. The other, a bud, set in citrine. Both stones are closed and foiled in the back to reflect light. The brooch is set in 15k gold, so rare to find in Scottish jewelry as most are set in silver. The gold work is fine with each leaf hand etched and worked. The reverse reveals the original T-bar and C-clasp. Notice too the beautiful back agate color. All the front agates are carefully cut and seamlessly set on to the solid back agate. It measures 1 3/4 inches round. The condition is excellent and the beauty genuinely superb. Museum worthy, circa 1830. | |||||||
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