Platinum, Sapphire, and Diamond Bar Brooch

The platinum brooch with (12) square step cut sapphires (3.5 x 3.5 x 2.4mm) (VVS clarity) channel set and weighing approximately 3.24 total carats and with (6) bead set mine cut diamonds (2.86mm) weighing approximately .54 total carat (G-H color, SI clarity) within a milgrain border and completed with a single pin stem and C clasp, with a maker's mark and numbered 225.

2.5 in.

4.5 dwt.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, NC

Purchased from Birks

Sapphires very slightly violetish blue with medium light tone and moderate saturation.

Very good estate condition; some sapphires with minor abrading.

$500 - 1,000