A LATE 19TH CENTURY DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE PENDANTThe... Lot 21

A LATE 19TH CENTURY DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE PENDANTThe four-clover leaf openwork plaque, set throughout with rose-cut diamonds and cushion-shaped sapphire accents, to an old cushion-cut diamond bale, mounted in silver and gold, length 3cm (suspending from a later 15CT gold chain, length 40cm).The clover leaf was a popular motif in Victorian jewellery. The collection of Princess Mathilde of France, niece of Napoleon I, contained an impressive array of botanical and floral jewels, including nasturtiums, pansies, violets and clover leaves. The collection was sold after her death in 1904.