Victorian Tortoiseshell Piqué Brooch With Maltese Cross, Gold & Silver Inlay, C.1860

A high-domed Victorian piqué work brooch, the worked tortoiseshell ground finely inlaid with gold and silver: a central Maltese cross within a ring of tiny stars and a lace-like border, the rim with a Gothic trefoil frieze. Long pin with C-catch; gilt fittings. Presented in a fitted box.
Size & weight: diameter approx. 3.1 cm; 5.12 g.
Condition: very good for age; minor nicks to the shell at the edge (see close-ups), light surface wear; inlay crisp; mechanism sound.
Legal note: Worked hawksbill tortoiseshell, pre-1947 antique. UK domestic sale permitted. Export outside the UK requires CITES permits; we can arrange the paperwork, with all permit and courier costs borne by the buyer.

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