Antique diamond flower brooch in gold and silver, circa 1840

A flower from circa 1840, its pointed petals traced with rose-cut diamonds around an old mine cut centre. Red gold backs the delicate silver setting, while a screw attachment on the reverse hints at an earlier life within a larger jewel. Now a brooch, this small diamond blossom carries both the Romantic period’s affection for nature and an intriguing glimpse of its own past.