The year of 1879 was a very good year for jewelry that is. This jewel is so breathtaking in person, that it is no surprise that the designers patented it. Granted on November 4th, 1879 the design patent is remarkable in its harmony, texture, detail and outcome.

Created in 14k yellow gold, this organic and sinuous flower shape utilizes its stem as both design elements and a means to suspend from a chain if desired.

Fifty-one diamonds embellish the fluted outer perimeter of the flower as well as the central stamen. All totaled, there are .90 carats of these old mine cut dew drops (color H-I, clarity VS2-SI1).

The interior and facing exterior are textured to achieve a glowing, tactile surface. Within the gold are six stripes of darker gold to mimic a real blossom veining of color.

Multi-versatile, it can be worn as a brooch or in two ways as a pendant. One by its fold up or town bale so the flower faces upward, another by suspending it from a chain with its stem bloom downward.

An American beauty most likely of the convolvulus or morning glory family, these flowers were often used in Victorian jewelry as symbolic of the bonds between two people, similar to the vine's holding tightly to its support.