{"product_id":"antique-15ct-gold-swallow-brooch-seed-pearls-ruby-edwardian-cn1420","title":"Antique 15ct Gold Swallow Brooch | Seed Pearls \u0026 Ruby | Edwardian","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 15ct gold brooch modelled as a swallow in flight, the bird set with seed pearls throughout and carrying a dangling seed pearl in its beak, a detail of real charm and technical accomplishment. The eye is set with a ruby, adding a precise note of colour to the white of the pearls and the warm gold of the mount. The brooch pin is 9ct gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe swallow was one of the most charged symbols in Victorian and Edwardian jewellery, a bird of loyalty, hope and safe return. Sailors had swallows tattooed as talismans. On jewellery, the swallow was given to those departing and to those waiting, a promise of homecoming encoded in gold and pearl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA very nicely detailed piece of genuine quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEra: Edwardian, c.1901-1909\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHallmarks: Unmarked, tests as 15ct gold and 9ct gold pin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStone: Ruby eye, seed pearls\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions:\u003cbr\u003e\nHeight 12mm\u003cbr\u003e\nWidth 38mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeight:\u003cbr\u003e\n3.5 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"thenorthc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57223208108412,"sku":"CN1420","price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/3423\/1615\/files\/il_fullxfull.8299145315_4dwi.jpg?v=1785257125","url":"https:\/\/thenorthc.co.uk\/products\/antique-15ct-gold-swallow-brooch-seed-pearls-ruby-edwardian-cn1420","provider":"TheNorthC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}