Baroque Beauty: A Blooming Flower Brooch from 1700

A splendid Baroque-style brooch from around 1700, featuring a blooming flower motif. Crafted with silver atop an 18K red gold backing, this exquisite piece showcases one large rose-cut diamond and twelve old brilliant-cut and rose-cut diamonds. The use of foil enhances the diamonds' luster, and all stones have been screened for natural authenticity. A timeless tribute to Mother Nature's beauty.

Antique jewelry object group
brooch/pin

Condition
very good condition
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Country of origin
unknown

Style
Baroque - Baroque is an artistic style prevalent from the late 16th century to the early 18th century in Europe. It is most often defined as "the dominant style of art in Europe between the Mannerist and Rococo eras, a style characterized by dynamic movement, overt emotion and self-confident rhetoric".
See also: Baroque
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Style specifics
Baroque is a style in art and decoration that developed shortly before 1600 and remained current in Europe until the emergence of the Rococo style c.1730. It was started in Italy, and spread to Germany, Austria, the Low Countries, and Spain and Portugal, with only a somewhat severely classical version being popular in France under Louis XIV. The style was a development of the Renaissance style and is characterized by lively, curved, and exuberant forms, by vigorous movement, and by rich ornament, based on classical sources, being symmetrical as distinguished from the asymmetry of the following Rococo style.

Period
ca. 1700
Events & facts of this era, poetry of this era, fashion of this era.

Source of inspiration
Mother Nature

Theme
blooming flower

Material
Silver on top and backed with 18K red gold (see explanation on silver on gold). (touchstone tested)
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Technique
The rose cuts are set on foil. This is a special technique that was used to bring the lustre of the diamonds to its best quality.

Diamonds
One large rose cut diamond with the dimensions of a modern emerald cut diamond of approximately 1.00 and twelve old brilliant cut diamonds and rose cut diamonds . We do not have the weight of the diamonds which is normal in our trade when it comes to rose cuts.
All diamond weights, color grades and clarity are approximate since stones are not removed from their mounts to preserve the integrity of the setting.
All diamonds we offer are screened by the I.J.G.C. for whether they are natural or synthetic, and all diamonds in this jewel are 100% guaranteed to be natural.

Birthstones
Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April.
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Hallmarks
No trace.
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Dimensions
2,95 cm (1,16 inch) x 1,74 cm (0,69 inch)
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Weight
4,10 gram (2,64 dwt)

Adin Reference Nº
23179-0335

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