Edwardian Platinum & Diamond Bow Brooch

A lovely EdwardianJewellery made in the Edwardian era (1901-1914). 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… brooch set with graded old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod… white diamonds and some small rose diamonds. It is in the form of a bow which was a very popular design and still looks fantastic on today’s clothes. It is beautiful quality, even the reverse has hand finished settings unlike modern drilled pieces.