29th Sep, 2020 10:00
Jewellery Sale - Live Online
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A collection of insect jewellery
A collection of insect jewellery, to include a gold opal and purple sapphire beetle brooch, tested as approximately 18ct gold with 'C' catch and metal pin, 33mm long, 2.36g, a gold paste set spider bar brooch, marked 9ct, with metal pin, 'C' catch and safety chain, 2.61g, a gold pearl set spider pendant, marked 9ct, suspended from a Prince-of-Wales rope chain, 2.18g, two gilt metal brooches and two silver examples (7)
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Sold for £220
Condition Report
Surface marks/scratches/tarnish to all.
Beetle brooch:
One minor surface reaching inclusion to the opal.
Spider bar brooch:
Abrasions to edge of gemstone.
Spider pendant:
Slight wear to suspension loop and jump ring.
One of the legs of the spider has been resoldered to frame, and solder has bled slightly.
Silver cornelian brooch:
Cornelian slightly loose in setting, but still secure.
One marcasite missing, and one looks to be a replacement.
Slight chips to two marcasite.
Gilt metal brooches:
One possibly missing a paste terminal.
Possible soft solder repair to reverse of both.
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Auction: Jewellery Sale - Live Online, 29th Sep, 2020
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Friday 25 and Monday 28 September, 9.30am-4.30pm.
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