Thistle brooch

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An ancestral antique diamond brooch, circa 1840. Thistle Leaves, Rose Rise, Vintage Fans, Antique Brooches, Floral Spray, Diamond Brooch, Small Leaf, The Study, Antique Diamond

An ancestral antique diamond brooch, circa 1840. Centred with a rose which delicately trembles on a finely balanced spring when worn, flanked by a shamrock and a thistle, the whole mounted in yellow gold and set in silver. The study is extraordinarily accurate, the shamrock emanating from a stem bearing two smaller leaves below and two flower buds above, the rose bearing twin leaves above its full-petalled bloom and surmounted by thistle leaves. The sprung rose rises above the floral spray…

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