Victorian Diamond & Pearl Boxed Brooch Pendant

An ethereal Victorian diamond and pearl brooch pendant. Crafted in silver and gold, it centres upon a captivating oval old-cut diamond, from which an intricate openwork design unfolds in graceful symmetry. A delicate articulated drop, set with further old-cut diamonds and luminous seed pearls, sways gently with every movement, lending the jewel an extraordinary sense of lightness and life.
 
Like morning dew suspended amongst leaves, these diamonds shimmer with that soft, romantic brilliance that only antique stones can possess. Their gently irregular facets were fashioned to glow beneath candlelight, the silver setting to enhance their quiet radiance, and the luminous pearls add a graceful softness, like little drops of moonlight. Designed for versatility, the pendant part of this piece can be removed to allow for more comfortable wear as a brooch ~ a popular element in Victorian design to allow for wider styling options. 
 
Presented in its original fitted case of dark green velvet, this jewel feels all the more enchanting, as though preserved within a secret woodland for well over a century. The surface of the case is labelled A.V.I.C.E. - initials for someone whose story we may never know, but surely one with an eye for beauty, design, and a touch of the ethereal. 
 
Wonderfully detailed and endlessly romantic, this remarkable jewel is a surviving work of nineteenth-century artistry, carrying with it the quiet poetry of another age. 
 
 
“Are you sure That we are awake? 
It seems to me That yet we sleep, we dream”

~ William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream