Edwardian 15ct Gold, Enamel & Pearl Mother & Baby Owl Brooch

A lovely 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. gold novelty brooch of a mother sitting next door to a baby owl on a branch. They are beautifully modelled with pearlNatural pearls are an organic gem formed inside live mollusc shells and come in all shapes and sizes. They are formed as the result of a natural irritant within the mollusc’s mantle and as a defence, layers of iridescent nacre form over the top of it, creating a pearl.  bodies, orange enamelA pigmented glass-like material used in powdered form and fused onto the metal surface of a piece of jewellery. wings and little black enamel eyes. The brooch was made circa 1915.