Antique Gold Brooches with Diamond and Blue Paste Stone

Two antique gold brooches. One 18ct yellow gold, made as a…
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Two antique gold brooches. One 18ct yellow gold, made as a double rail of gold, featuring a central cross over motif set with a single old cut diamond, completed with applied wire work, pin and safety chain, the second 9ct yellow gold, stamped, also of bar style with central round panel and flared ends, detailed throughout with wire work, set to centre with a blue paste stone and seed pearls. Diamond brooch: 2.9grams blue paste brooch: 3.5grams

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  • Paste / Rhinestone / Diamante - Paste (or rhinestone or diamante) is the name given to a coloured glass composition used for imitation gemstones, or to imitation gemstones made of glass.

    Although the technique of glassmaking had been known for thousands of years, but it wasn't until a lead glass with similar optical properties to diamonds were invented by a German jeweller working in Paris (either "Stras" or 'Strasser") in the early 18th century that "paste" gemstones became popular.

    There was no social stigma attached to wearing imitation stones, and they were worn in situations where highway robbery was a possibility. The 18th century settings were of very high quality, equivilent to real gemstone jewellery.

    In the nineteeth century the quality of paste jewellery declined and it has remained the poor cousin to genuine gemstones ever since.

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