This brooch is the perfect example of excellent costume jewellery that makes you look twice (more like five times!). It’s French, it’s rolled gold (the French mark this FIX) and it is an utterly convincing imitation of a fine gold brooch. Sinuous intertwined tubes create a beautiful knotted emblem, and a little garnet to the centre finishes it all off (I THINK it’s a garnet, very tricky to know for sure at that size, but it isn’t paste).
Super chic worn high up on the shoulder, or pin to your lapel/collar, she could even be converted to a pendant (I have had a fiddle, it looks fab on a chain). A beautiful piece of ‘faux’ jewellery and no-one would ever know.
Circa 1900
France
Rolled gold and garnet
A small place stamped FIX on the reverse
14 × 27mm
Excellent antique condition, o’ne tiny mark where someone has tested it (it’s that good!) The pin doesn’t hold tight in the catch but it is totally safe to wear
This brooch is the perfect example of excellent costume jewellery that makes you look twice (more like five times!). It’s French, it’s rolled gold (the French mark this FIX) and it is an utterly convincing imitation of a fine gold brooch. Sinuous intertwined tubes create a beautiful knotted emblem, and a little garnet to the centre finishes it all off (I THINK it’s a garnet, very tricky to know for sure at that size, but it isn’t paste).
Super chic worn high up on the shoulder, or pin to your lapel/collar, she could even be converted to a pendant (I have had a fiddle, it looks fab on a chain). A beautiful piece of ‘faux’ jewellery and no-one would ever know.
Circa 1900
France
Rolled gold and garnet
A small place stamped FIX on the reverse
14 × 27mm
Excellent antique condition, o’ne tiny mark where someone has tested it (it’s that good!) The pin doesn’t hold tight in the catch but it is totally safe to wear
