French Art Deco 18ct & Platinum & Mother Of Pearl Buttons Dress Set In Original Case

A good set of 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold and 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… values which are in their original case retailed by “Au Carnival de Venise Paris.” They have a naturalA natural stone is called such because it has not been subjected to any treatments.  split 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.  in the centre of each one which in turn has a round mother of pearlThe iridescent inner layer of certain molluscs such as oysters or abalones which is used as a decorative inlay. plaque. They were made circa 1910-1920s.