Five platinum brooches formed as swallows

Five platinum brooches formed as swallows

Designed as five swallows in flight pavé set with rose-cut diamonds, each of the eyes accentuated by a ruby. One small diamond lost. Later brooch mountings. L 3.3 cm, 3.3 cm, 4.3 cm, 4.7 cm, 4.7 cm. Total weight 32 g.

Attributed to Friedrich Kreuter, Hanau, ca. 1890.

** Certificate
These five brooches were attributed to the firm of Friedrich Kreuter in Hanau by the jewellery historian Dr. Christianne Weber-Stöber, manager of the Deutsches Goldschmiedhaus Hanau, according to an expertise dated 20.07.2017.

** Exhibitions
Exhibited in "Juwelen für die mondäne Welt - 175 Jahre Friedrich Kreuter & Co. Hanau", 23.3. - 30.6. 2016, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau.