Antique Edwardian 14k Gold Starburst Brooch, Enhancer, Seed Pearls, Mourning carnet du bal We’ve amassed over 100 great

We’ve amassed over 100 great old mostly French sterling napkin rings over the years and I’m working on them now

If you love Black Forest carvings (and who doesn't)

she became the consort of the future Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus (reigned 293-306) and the mother of the future Emperor Constantine the Great (reigned 306-337)

particularly agate

Survives in fine form

Antique Edwardian 14k Gold Starburst Brooch, Enhancer, Seed Pearls, Mourning carnet du bal We’ve amassed over 100 greatI love to wear a lapel cluster of these old Edwardian mourning brooches, all the seed pearls and a few with diamonds, various sizes. This is the smallest one I have in my collection, at just over 1" in diameter. It's the heavenly star to which a dearly departed loved one has gone, or that's the iconographic symbolism in its time. It's loaded with seed pearls, representing the tears of the mourner who wore it in remembrance of a lost loved one. These