Antique Rose Cut Diamond Brooch Kerosang Bird 20k
Antique Rose Cut Diamond Brooch
1900s Straits Chinese brooch pins set with hand cut rose cut diamonds in 20k.
These traditional three-piece ‘kerosang’ pins often feature bird or insect motifs, the filigree is thin, treacle-like.
This is an actual antique piece, distinguished by its robust yet gossamer weightlessness.
This is achieved not through casting but by piercing the gold in such a way as to set the flat rose cuts, the latter a highly skilled technique perfected over time.
These brooches were pinned in place of buttons, though today they are used more freely, sometimes two interlinked, with a third on its own.
Since the brooches can be used individually, one can style on scarf and clothing at once.
The close pattern of these brooches and their presence in a set is actually very ideal in a modern wardrobe.
Whether a monotone or exuberant dresser, old gold and hand cut diamonds, what’s not to love?
The organic way the gold can bring out the roughly hewn diamonds is the success of old rose cut Straits Chinese jewelry.
Each brooch measures 58mm by 23mm.