Antique Edwardian 14k Gold Starburst Brooch, Enhancer, Seed Pearls, Mourning carnet du bal and so beautiful

and so beautiful

perhaps by a surface re-mounting with cloth adhesive

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

and then one single of the fish that looks like a sturgeon

but the 2 pieces you see here are without any chips or cracks

Antique Edwardian 14k Gold Starburst Brooch, Enhancer, Seed Pearls, Mourning carnet du bal and so beautifulI 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