Posted 8 years ago
Celiene
(71 items)
Hello all! I would like some help on this sweet brooch. I can see the mark of Sterling 925, but not the other right near it. Any idea? Any idea based on the design & weird way it was made? I think the Marcasites were set in it while hot? Otherwise they must be glued, but don't see any glue.
It is partially pour-molded (lost wax cast). The center stone is set in gold - look at the weird 'prongs' underneath holding the stone in. Like a knife sliced the gold and bent it up, like a chocolate curl.
What is that center faceted stone? It is green. In some light it looks like dark lime, and others like a 7-up bottle green. The cross-hatched gold bezel contrasts nicely. What style? I thought Nouveau -not sure.
Thanks for any insights! I picked it up so many years ago, I forget where. Actually, I should say at what sale. I did get it in S.F. Peninsula.
The photos aren't clear enough to see the marks in any detail. Put a jeweler's loupe in front of your lens and focus through that for a sharper image.
Love the green stone!
I love it very much!!!
Anyone know what the green stone is? It's a gemstone, because it's got inclusions that you can see in the pics. I'll try to get the marks, but they are not sharp to begin with. It might just be marks for sterling, which I can see, and for the gold bezel around the stone maybe?
It's made in such an unusual manner.
Any idea of period?
Definitely not an Emerald.
Thanks, Bill! The inclusions look like very fine hairs. Or like asbestos hairs!
Been looking through images of 'striations in green quartz', as well as 'rutilated quartz' (quartz with rutiles). A bit cross eyed right now, but you may find something. I saw lots of examples so difficult to pick just one.
Thank you Gillian!
You can see them in the 4th pic really clearly.
It does look like a demantoid garnet which has horsehair-like inclusions. Most common source is mines in Russia. RER
Thank you, Lou, I'm gonna go with that. Oh my! Interesting facts found here:
http://www.gemstone.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108:sapphire&catid=1:gem-by-gem&Itemid=14
Just passing through, so missed the party, but I would consider tourmaline for the stone. Some green tourmalines are 'chrome tourmalines'; these look deep red under UV light. From a gemstone site:
Most tourmaline gemstones are naturally included and typically found with visible fractures and needle-like inclusion...