An Art Deco Platinum, Diamond, and Sapphire Brooch

An Art Deco brooch, designed as a bow and fashioned from platinum, centering one old European-cut diamond weighing approximately 0.60 carats, near colorless (G - H), with SI1 clarity, accented by seventy-six old European-cut and single-cut diamonds, near colorless (G - H), with SI clarity, and calibre-cut sapphires. Total estimated weight of diamonds: 1.60 carats.

(Length: 2in; Width: 1 1/8in; Weight: 8.3 Gross dwt.)

Provenance

Private collection of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Estate.

Please note that all information provided such as weight, grade, color, and clarity are approximate and the opinion of the Jewelry Department of Freeman's. All gemstones were measured and graded in their settings unless otherwise noted.

Overall Condition: Some scratches and signs of wear consistent with age, clasp in working order, metal not stamped, testing as platinum.

Diamonds: One central old European-cut diamond measuring approximately 5.51mm, approximately 0.60 carats, near colorless (G - H), with SI1 clarity, and no apparent damage, and seventy-six old European-cut and single-cut diamonds each measuring from approximately 1.40mm at the smallest to 1.50mm at the largest, near colorless (G - H), with SI clarity, and wear and chips to some diamonds. Total estimated weight of diamonds: 1.60 carats.

Sapphires: Calibre-cut diamonds each measuring approximately 1.30mm.