Edwardian 15ct Gold & Platinum Novelty Brooch Of Two Kittens Playing With A Spool Of Thread

This is a charming 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 brooch that was made circa 1900-1910. Two sweet kittens are playing with a spool of platinumDerives from the Spanish word ‘platina’ meaning ‘little silver’. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum’s durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete… thread. It is highly detailed with stippled engraving on the cat’s bodies and their eyes have been set with rose diamonds.

Jewels that featured animals and insects were very popular in the early 20th century and are known as Novelty brooches.