Antique French Diamond Sword Brooch OOS with an open backed setting

with an open backed setting and a high profile where the colour of the stone is displayed perfectly with flashes on light and dark blue throughout

The mythology describes horn that Zeus broke from a goat's head before filling it with flowers and fruit as a gift to his caretaker

with a concealed glass locket compartment on the back

Dates to the Edwardian period

with the addition of the rotating compass base

Antique French Diamond Sword Brooch OOS with an open backed settingDATE: Antique, c. 1900 This fierce antique brooch is French made and modelled as a sword. The sword can be seen as a symbol of honour and protection, and the long pointed shape is modelled in silver, leading to the diamond set handle. Old and rose cut diamonds are diagonally set, graduated across the silver settings, while three single diamonds rest along the bottom of the handle, with the additional one resting at the top! The back features pretty