RESERVED - Please enquire - Pietra Dura Rose Oval Gold Flower Brooch art deco pin Palladium is next to platinum

Palladium is next to platinum in the periodic table and shares very similar properties

green demantoid garnets

there is one small area of blistering to one enamel piece - this looks to have happened in the manufacturing process rather than caused later but please make up your own mind

one area has taken a very

RESERVED - Please enquire - Pietra Dura Rose Oval Gold Flower Brooch art deco pin Palladium is next to platinumDescription: Possibly a grand tour souvenir from Florence, a very pretty and well made Italian "Pietra Dura" or hardstone brooch. Each element is a tiny hand cut piece of semi precious hardstone which is placed inside a black slate background and polished to give this wonderful effect. The ability to make this type of jewellery is dying out, certainly in India its still made but rarely to this fine level of workmanship. Age: c1880 Victorian Size and