The whimsical bee with a yellow guilloche enamel body and black enamel striping, with a bezel set oval cabochon garnet (7.5 x 6 mm) within a surround of full cut round diamonds, the head set with cabochon garnet eyes and a diamond melee and with diamond melee to antennae, the silver topped gold openwork en tremblant wings set with single cut round diamonds, and the rose gold body with engraved detailing, completed with a single pin stem and trombone clasp, stamped 56, testing 14KT. Total diamond weight approximately 1.0 carat (G-H color, VS-SI clarity).

2.5 x 2 in.

23.3 dwt.

A photograph of Madeleine Albright wearing a brooch identical to this one is featured in her book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box, pages 94-95.

Good estate condition; insignificant nick to a black enamel stripe visible under magnification.

$2,000 - 4,000