Lot 487
A late Victorian gold turquoise snake brooch.
Description
Condition Report
A late Victorian gold turquoise brooch. Comprising twin scrolling foliate engraved snakes, with garnet eyes and turquoise cabochon highlights, suspending trace-link swags and a turquoise and scrolling heart locket with turquoise forget-me-not spacer. AF. Length 8.1cms. Weight 12.7gms.
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Purchasing information- Overall condition fair to good. Some surface scratches/ wear, discolouration and small dents in keeping with general age and wear.
- Two blue glass replacements to the snakes.
- Probable replacement gems, turquoise to the heart is ill-fitting to the mount, with dents visible to the mount.
- Turquoise deficient from the floral spacer.
- General moderate discolouration.
- Small file scratch and slight acid discolouration to the reverse of one of the tail tips.
- Turquoise are a fairly well matched light to medium blue hue. Slight matrix visible.
- Glue visible to some mounts.
- Length of snake panel 3.6cms.
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