Carved Essex Crystal African Violet Flower Brooch Vintage With a Stone Group Laboratories

With a Stone Group Laboratories report no

Twenty-nine diamonds

Circa 1840-1850

Typical of the Art Nouveau period

Carved Essex Crystal African Violet Flower Brooch Vintage With a Stone Group LaboratoriesAntique and dating to circa 1900, this brooch is a wearable poesy of blooms year round. Royal purple African violets cascade from a woven basket. Carved in rock crystal from the reverse, this delicate tableau was then hand painted in realistic hues. Two shades of purple petals contrast with their canary yellow stamens along with a few green leaves in the background. Ochre and honey yellow in hue, the basket appears as if braided. The cabochon of rock