Featured Identification help needed

no one is shooting anyone....you came for help...and it's being offered freely with only the best intentions.
All opinions are valued in getting to the bottom of the facts...

 

Thx! I will look into that

 

I can’t see any rose cut in yours eventually mine cut

Oops edit: I just saw others said same, and Komo posted the right reference link to illustrate!

 

Oh,no, nobody intended shooting at you!


« These are old rose cut diamonds from the same period as the brooch so we have been told by some diamond experts. »


Rather at the (self said?) « diamonds experts »...

 

I was ready to add, if no one had already, old mine cut diamonds. See I don't have to, so won't.

 

Is it odd, that flower shape applied on the bottom, mid section?

 

In this case, it is for holding together front and back of the piece, made in two parts! Sometimes it is a screw, intended to hold the brooch system which can be removed to adapt a hair pin/fork and use the piece as a hair ornament

 

Thank you, Kyratango!

 

I have been searching a lot on the net and there might be similar brooches in the literature mentioned in the picture below but these books are extremely expensive on the second hand market I just saw. Does someone here have acces to these?

 

Here is a pic of the Boucheron brooch on my French Vever edition

 

This is what I found

Thx! Here is what I found. All similar brooches.

 

That's a bee infestation! If it is still time to remove the triple images... Nice to see them together! I never seen the Joan Rivers one, she had a BIG collection of precious antique jewellery, and took inspiration from it for her jewellery line

 

OMG! So sorry, I'll try to delete some posts. The Joan Rivers version (when you look at the neck) has similar blue enamel. The rest of the work doesn't seem to be at the same level of quality and the stomac is hollow. I wonder why Sotheby's mentioned 'property of a lady with title' at theirs?

 

Is it perhaps possible for you to post the other page in the book at the right side as well?

 

Photos tell little,the piece needs to be examined by professional to even tell what type diamonds are in the piece. It appears to be unmarked and could have been made in a 70 year time frame. see link about diamond timeline.

https://www.nationaljeweler.com/diamonds-gems/grading/1070-the-ongoing-debate-over-old-cuts

 

Other pages are not about the insect brooch, no mention of insect brooches apart the pic on the page showed

 

No but I would like the read the rest of the sTory (the text continues at the other page) if possible story is interrupted and continues on the next page.

 

And if anyone has access to this book and could take a look

 

Because provenance from the rich/famous/socially elevated adds cachet & helps reassure potential bidders about quality & authenticity.

I was interested in this auction of Yves St. Laurent's collection because of the cameos. There is no doubt some things sold for more than they otherwise would have, just because they had been his.