Designed as a butterfly in flight, the body composed of briolette and cushion-shaped diamonds to the antennae set with brilliant-cut stones, the wings inset with brilliant-, single- and circular-cut diamonds, scattered with similar stones of various dark tints, mounted in white gold and titanium,

Stamped 750 for gold and numbered 080714. Diamonds bright and lively stones. Due to the use of titanium for the wings, much lighter than expected for the size of the brooch: width circa 11.8 mm. In very good condition.
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