A group of sixteen various brooches, comprising: a late 19th / early 20th century gold and turquoise two stone brooch by Murrle Bennett & Co of looped design, maker's mark MB&Co and stamped Patent and numbered indistinctly 70.4.91; twelve 19th...

A group of sixteen various brooches, comprising: a late 19th / early 20th century gold and turquoise two stone brooch by Murrle Bennett & Co of looped design, maker's mark MB&Co and stamped Patent and numbered indistinctly 70.4.91; twelve 19th century examples - a gold, foiled cushion shaped citrine and half-pearl cluster; a gold, heart shaped citrine single stone between twin wings with half-pearl set crown surmount; a gold heart shaped amethyst and half-pearl twin heart cluster with bow surmount; one gold with alternate half-pearl four stone clusters and turquoise single stones; a gold, amethyst and half-pearl openwork quatrefoil; two half-pearl of bird design; a gold boss and star example with bead and ropework detail, later brooch fitting; an oval chalcedony with applied turquoise flower; a cushion shaped garnet single stone; a carved coral, corallium rubrum, cluster; and a single cushion shaped orange paste; the latter four all in gilt mounts; a cushion shaped ruby and half-pearl cluster between old-cut diamond single stones, later mounted on a bar; a single half-pearl mounted on a 9ct gold bar, hallmarks indistinct; and a 19th century gold plated half-pearl cluster with later added central cushion shaped foiled amethyst (16) See lot 59 for an explanation of the winged citrine and crown brooch