Vintage Platinum Topped Gold and Diamond Bird Brooch, Armiger

Designed in a bird in flight motif with body featuring (81) round brilliant cut diamonds pavé set and with a cabochon ruby set eye (1.4mm), completed with a single pin stem and trombone closure, testing platinum and 18KT with pin stem testing 14KT, signed "Armiger" to pin stem. Total diamond weight of approximately 1.50 carat (G-H color, VS1-I1 clarity).

1 1/16 x 1.75 in.

4.4 dwt.

Estate of Susan Fox Beischer , daughter of Francis Hill Fox, granddaughter of Durham philanthropist and banker, John Sprunt Hill, and his wife, Anne Watts Hill, and great-granddaughter of George W. Watts, an original partner in American Tobacco Corporation.

Very good estate condition; a few of the diamonds are chipped.

$500 - 1,000