Antique Jewelry pin

Antique Jewels:

Highlighting the 19th century jewels in the sale isAn Opal and Diamond Corsage Ornament(illustrated left), from the mid-19th Century, which was formerly in the collection of Doña Maria Cristina of Bourbon, Princess of the Two Sicilies (Widow of King Ferdinand VII of Spain) Queen Regent of Spain. Designed as a series of ribbons and leaves and a central cabochon opal within a floral border, and set with cushion-shaped, circular-cut and rose diamonds, suspending a series of four tassels similarly set, it is estimated at £20,000-30,000