Corsage brooch with oriental pearls 14 ct. yellow gold, silver. Black enameled triangular frame with cascading pendants, fully set with bars of very small diamond roses, the ends set with twelve claw-set, pear-cut diamonds (total approx. 1.80 ct). Set in the center with a light grey natural bouton pearl (approx. 10.13 x 4.72 mm). Three pendants with fine gray oriental pearls on diamond-set cone settings (drilled central pearl in a slightly baroque drop shape, approx. 13.81 x 10.15 x 12.33 mm, the side pearl drops approx. 5.52 x 7.08 mm). Stamped: French import hallmark "ET", 1864 - 1893 (Tardy, 169). Enamel partially somewhat chipped and restored. H 5 cm. L. 7 cm. Weight 35.33 g. Probably England, third quarter of the 19th century. Provenance Acquired in 1984 from Kunsthandel E. Helga Ahrend, Munich; collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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