Antique French Fly Brooch Etruscan revival but with the direction of

but with the direction of the flat sides alternating

Miye Matsukata (1922-1981) was a Japanese American artist jeweler who was one of the most influential jewelry artists of the 1970’s

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Lapponia is known for their sculptural modernist jewelry and Bjorn Weckstrom is one of the most important jewelry designers of the second half of the 20th century

and I have included a photo of the necklace next to a photo of the Dom Pedro in the monograph Bernd Munsteiner

Antique French Fly Brooch Etruscan revival but with the direction ofA gemstone encrusted fly is perched on a concave gold oval in this exquisite French brooch. The fly has rose cut diamond wings set in silver, a cushion cut sapphire thorax, and a pearl abdomen. The eyes are a red gemstone too small to get an accurate reading. Other than the wings, which are silver topped gold the brooch is high karat gold that tests above 18 karat. Scroll down for more details