Near Pair 14KT Gem Set Brooches

The first with two prong set cushion cut blue sapphires with a combined weight of approximately 7.90 carats, each in a conjoined stepped gold surround and completed with a single pin stem (.75 x 1.5 in.); the second with two prong set emerald cut diamond simulants each in a conjoined stepped gold surround and completed with a single pin stem (.75 x 1 3/8 in.). Both unmarked and testing 14KT.

13.6 dwt.

From the Collection of Esther B. Ferguson, Secessionville Manor, Charleston, SC

Sapphires are blue, very dark, and slightly grayish.

Good estate condition; sapphires with some chips at facet junctions visible under 10X inspection.

$300 - 600