Victorian Turquoise & Pearl Witch's Heart Brooch miniature and diamond dog

and diamond dog

each one embellished with applied ropework in between

I initially thought it was French

A superb Victorian diamond and pearl bar brooch dating from the turn of the 20th Century

Total length: 12

Victorian Turquoise & Pearl Witch's Heart Brooch miniature and diamond dogDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 **RESERVED** A beautiful Victorian witch's heart brooch dating from the latter half of the 19th century, circa 1870. It's set with alternating natural pearls and turquoise cabochons, lightly graduated towards the base which ends in a scrolled flourish. The Witch's Heart was a popular motif throughout the Georgian and early Victorian eras, the witches heart features a curved point at the bottom, and implied that the giver had