Enamel Diamond Stick Pin from Melba Collection
An enamel, diamond and seedpearl stick pin, circa 1900 designed as a green enamel foliate stem with seedpearl and white enamel accents, the flowerheads set with old European cut diamonds, length approximately 4.37 in., fitted case by Parkes, London. Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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