Edwardian Chicken & Egg Brooch lost lovers and jewellery design

and jewellery design

Condition: Great antique condition - particularly clean and bright

Stone: Cultured Pearl

The band is intricately hand carved with scrolls framing the windows

The stone rests in a simple rub-over bezel mount with elegant split shoulders and crafted in 9ct gold throughout

Edwardian Chicken & Egg Brooch lost lovers and jewellery designPlayful antique zoomorphic 'chicken & egg' brooch. It features two milky white pearls, one representing the body of the chicken and the other representing the egg, with the head and neck of the chicken rendered in mottled yellow enamel. The brooch fittings are crafted in bright 15 carat gold and it dates from the Edwardian era, circa 1910. So which came first: the chicken or the egg? Put simply, the egg. Birds have been laying the shelled orbs we're