Description
Materials: amethysts, pale citrine, rose cut diamond, solid 18k gold (please note, pin stem is not gold)
Weight: 5.3 grams
Length: 42.8 mm
Width: 18 mm
Depth: 9 mm
Dimension of flower head: 19.6 x 18.2 mm
Dimension of Amethyst: two 7 x 4.75 mm (approx. 0.92 ctw)
Dimension of Citrines: one 7 x 6.75 mm, two 7 x 4 mm (approx. 1.5 ctw)
Diameter of Diamond: 3.6 mm (approx. 0.1 ct)
Condition: some tarnish to the foiling beneath the citrines. The back brooch pin is somewhat wavy/bent from use. While some versions of this type have leaves, the present brooch does not seem to have been made with leaves; the design features a textured stem with little off-shoot “buds”, but no sign of breakage to suggest a prior-existing leaf.