This priceless, beyond rare, original, as good as undamaged & surprisingly heavy solid silver & paste Ciro brooch is an absolute beauty, a central 6 petalled flower is suspended to the center of a classic 6 pointed Russian star, a further 6 large pastes at the end of each prong. So popular & sort after was the brooch that CIRO created a cheaper version with pàstes, & this is the later release from I think 1959 & would have been a very highly valued & treasured piece in its day. Inspired by the fabulous jewels as worn in pre revolution Russia a classic glorious 6 pronged star & looks astonishing. Beautifully finished throughout with lovely workmanship, as much care going into finishing off the back as to the front. I have been collecting CIRO for years & have rarely seen a better example. There are around 40 high domed pastes, I have gone over these with a tooth comb & there are only a handful of stones which have any nibbles, a minute nibble to side of the central crimped stone, another to one of the larger stones in one of the points, with only near invisible scuffs to one or two further stones. Clearly hand finished throughout, with sublime workmanship, measures exactly 3.7 cm 1.4 in diameter, you can clearly read most of the stamp SCP to the back of the mount & ENGLAND. I have given this only a very light polish, as the back was black & I was desperate to find markings.. There is as good as no sign of wear other than a few of the Zircons having been scuffed, with no repair marks, this is fit for the serious Deco / Retro jewellery collector. The pin having a flip-over safety catch, not sure if the pin is silver (they rarely are being that silver is too soft). This does what it was intended to do, to replicate diamonds & looks simply astonishing under artificial light. (I recommend you measure against other brooches you own to give an idea as to the size). CIRO vintage silver & Paste brooch. 3.7cm 1.4. I WILL HAPPILY POST WORLDWIDE Will Uk & worldwide buyers PLEASE please be aware that these are bieng posted Registered, tracked & signed for from Spain using the incomparable Spanish postal service. The item “CIRO Rare Fabulous Vintage Solid Silver & Paste Russian Star brooch Near Mint Co” is in sale since Wednesday, July 18, 2018. This item is in the category “Jewellery & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewellery\Vintage Fine Jewellery\1950s”. The seller is “sam_in_barbate” and is located in Barbate. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- A FEW MINOR NIBBLES TO A FEW: OF THE PASTES BUT COULD EASILY BE REPLACED
- MADE ENTIRELY OF SOLID SILVER: AS SHOWN BY CIROS SCP MARK TO THE BACK
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Type: Brooch/ Pin
- Metal: Sterling Silver
- Designer: CIRO
