A generous Retro scroll brooch in 14KT white gold, 4.5cm across, built from interlaced C-scrolls and curls that alternate polished ribbons with densely grain-set diamond ribbons.
At its centre sits a cushion-shaped old mine cut diamond of around a carat, a hand-cut stone with a small table and a high crown, the kind cut before the modern round brilliant existed. Four further old cuts are scattered across the scrollwork with a deliberate asymmetry, and over a hundred smaller stones fill the ribbons.
The freely scrolling, asymmetric ribbon design is the signature of the Retro period, when jewellers abandoned the rigid geometry of the 1920s and 30s for sweeping, sculptural forms.
Dimensions -
Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Weight: 13.6 grams
Specifications -
Period: Retro, circa 1940s–1950s
Metal: 14KT white gold
Design: Asymmetric interlaced scroll and ribbon openwork
Fitting: Hinged pin with rotating tube catch
Diamonds -
Cut: Old mine cut centre with old cut and single-cut accents
Colour: G–H
Clarity: SI
Total carat weight: Approx. 3.00 ct total
Gemstone and diamond weights, colours and clarity are careful estimates and are not based on a laboratory certificate.
Condition :
In very good condition, with light surface wear consistent with age.
A generous Retro scroll brooch in 14KT white gold, 4.5cm across, built from interlaced C-scrolls and curls that alternate polished ribbons with densely grain-set diamond ribbons.
At its centre sits a cushion-shaped old mine cut diamond of around a carat, a hand-cut stone with a small table and a high crown, the kind cut before the modern round brilliant existed. Four further old cuts are scattered across the scrollwork with a deliberate asymmetry, and over a hundred smaller stones fill the ribbons.
The freely scrolling, asymmetric ribbon design is the signature of the Retro period, when jewellers abandoned the rigid geometry of the 1920s and 30s for sweeping, sculptural forms.
Dimensions -
Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Weight: 13.6 grams
Specifications -
Period: Retro, circa 1940s–1950s
Metal: 14KT white gold
Design: Asymmetric interlaced scroll and ribbon openwork
Fitting: Hinged pin with rotating tube catch
Diamonds -
Cut: Old mine cut centre with old cut and single-cut accents
Colour: G–H
Clarity: SI
Total carat weight: Approx. 3.00 ct total
Gemstone and diamond weights, colours and clarity are careful estimates and are not based on a laboratory certificate.
Condition :
In very good condition, with light surface wear consistent with age.
