Citrine, paste and diamond brooch and ring, 1940s

The brooch of flower spray design, set with variously-shaped citrines and circular-cut diamonds with a later added marquise-shaped paste detail; the ring en suite of flower cluster design, set with variously-shaped citrines, with circular-cut diamond and boule pistil details, size I, brooch and ring composite, later brooch fitting.

Brooch with signs of alternations and adaptions to the reverse, steel wire repair to reverse holding in place later gilt metal and paste section. Replaced brooch pin and safety catch. Ring adapted from brooch with later ring shank and traces of lead solder to reverse of flower. Both mounted in gold. Accompanied by two ring boxes, one from A.A. Julius Ltd, the other unsigned and damaged. brooch length approximately 50mm.
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By family tradition the brooch was purchased from Cartier in London and the ring was later converted from one of the flower jewels in the brooch.