Ruby and Diamond Antique Spray Brooch

• Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
• 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.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• brooches, depicting - bouquet of flowers 98
• brooches, diamond - diamond and ruby 419
• brooches, gold - gold with rubies 650
• brooches, silver - silver items 2,539