Jewellery

A sapphire and diamond bar brooch, the tapered pierced work brooch centred with four millegrain collet set oval mixed-cut sapphires and one synthetic sapphire, within a border of single-cut diamonds, mounted in yellow and white precious metal, brooch length 6.95cm. £300-£500------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Condition Report: The four sapphires are a well matched mid blue, with few inclusions and slight wear to the table facet edges. One stone (first stone - at the fastener end) is a synthetic sapphire. The diamonds are all present and correct and are bright and lively. The gold and platinum, but remains unmarked and untested; it has light surface wear all over and there is slight kinking to the pin. The central sapphire measures approximately 6.4mm x 4.5mm. The brooch width is 8mm at the centre. The brooch weight is 8gm.