Brooch in the shape of a sprig of lily of the valley and its bells decorated with diamonds.
Lily of the valley Russian brooch
Description
Lily of the valley Russian brooch in rose and yellow gold 14 karats. The brooch represents a sprig of lily of the valley flowered with five bells adorned with old cut diamonds. The bells are mobile. The beginning of the stem is adorned with a crescent moon adorned with five rose-cut diamonds, this part is in yellow gold. In total, the brooch is set with eleven diamonds. Russian brooch from the Art Nouveau period, pre-Russian Revolution. Late 19th – early 20th century.
Hallmark 56 Zołotnik (active between 1882-1925), scallop hallmark for 14k gold. Goldsmith’s hallmark A… crushed. Double-headed eagle hallmark half inscribed.
Dimensions : 18 mm x 48 mm
Note : the closing system works
Condition: scratches from use
Weight : 5.18 gr
**The antique box is not sold with the item**
To know more about the lily of the valley : As a symbol of spring’s arrival, the lily-of-the-valley was a favourite flower of the Russian Empresse, wife of Tsar Nicholas II. A Fabergé enamelled brooch, set with a similar diamond sprig of the flower, was given by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna to Marion Louisa ‘Pollie’ Delmé-Radcliffe, Baroness Ungern-Sternberg in June 1898 (Christie’s, London, 29 November 2010, lot 220)
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