I'm basically at a loss for words with this one. It's almost too pretty. I can't imagine anyone wearing it. But I really love to look at it.
This gorgeous thing is a brooch/pendant designed by Georges Fouquet in the late 19th century. It's designed as a serene-faced lady with flowing hair and an elaborate headdress. Her face and hair are made of carved chalcedony, applied with plique-à-jour enamel and highlighted with cabochon and circular-cut rubies, circular-cut and rose diamonds, suspending a natural pearl. It can be worn as a brooch or a pendant and is signed G. Fouquet.
The lovely thing is listed as a brooch, but what really caught my interest was the fact that it has fittings for use as a hair ornament. How spectacular would this be as hair jewelry? I couldn't possibly be more on board. I want it on my head.
This piece is the work of Vever and was created in 1900. It's designed as a stylized fuchsia which, apparently, is actually a kind of flower and not just a brilliant shade of pink. It's set with with circular-, single-cut and rose diamonds and one marquise-shaped tourmaline, which was added later. The auction description lists this as being hung on a chain (not pictured) even though it isn't listed as being a pendant. How multi-functional.
These brooches were listed in Sotheby's December 2012 The Jewellery Collection of the Late Michael Wellby: An Eclectic Eye - Jewels Spanning Four Centuries sale. Please see individual descriptions for source links. All images and info are thanks to Sotheby's.
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