Regency Period Key Memorial Brooch rebus puzzles Natural Persian Turquoise and old

Natural Persian Turquoise and old cut Diamonds - total diamond weight: 1

with foliate motifs around the border

The central red spinel is flanked by four white diamonds - two old European cuts at North and South

with signs of wear commensurate with age

Bloodstone and Carnelian Agate

Regency Period Key Memorial Brooch rebus puzzles Natural Persian Turquoise and oldDATE: Georgian Regency, c. 1810 Cool Regency period key brooch, circa 1810. There's a round locket compartment in the centre of the bow, currently home to a tightly woven lock of hair (the Georgians were like that..), and features intricate filigree ropework details along the shank and unusual (but quite lovely) hand engraved detailing to the bit. As you can probably tell, I just googled "anatomy of a key" and it was somewhat illuminating I would have