Golden Yellow and White Diamond Foliate Brooch
A golden yellow and white diamond brooch, 18ct white gold with yellow gold bezel work to each of the yellow diamonds set, designed as a spray brooch of foliate bouquet style, pierced white gold grain set throughout with fine rails of white brilliant cut diamonds, the two sprays featuring a kite cluster of four golden yellow diamonds, each bezel set, further detailed by two cluster arrangements of golden diamonds, fitted with pin to reverse. Length 2.56 in.
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- Brilliant Cut - In their naturally occuring state diamonds have little life or sparkle and for many centuries were simply cut in half and worn in amulets. Invented at the end of the 17th century by a Venetian diamond cutter, a "brilliant cut" diamond has 58 facets arranged in a regular geometric relationship, with 33 above the crown and 25 below on the pavilion.
The introduction of the brilliant cut increased the popularity of diamonds in jewellery as it was the first cut to reveal the fire of the diamond, with the light being internally reflected from one facet to another, and was superior to the previously used table cut and rose cut.Variants to the brilliant cut have emerged since the end of the 17th century, but the popularity of the original brilliant cut has continued to the present time, where it is still the most commonly found cut.
. - Bezel - On a clock or watch, the bezel is the metal frame into which the watch or clock glass is fitted. In clocks, the bezel may include a hinge and a flange, in effect a door to the face of the clock. In jewellery the bezel is a band of metal with a projecting lip that holds the gemstone in its setting.
- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
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