Modern bestiary brooch - Retro rose gold bestiary brooch - Diamond bestiary brooch

The brooch known as "bestiary" is a brooch representing an animal. The bestiary brooch is often the effigy of a pet : a dog, a cat, a horse; or an animal rich in symbolism (the rooster as a sign of French patriotism, the beetle or the ladybug as a good luck charm); or for a touch of poetry, an insect such as a butterfly, or a bird. Finally, more surprising, these bestiary brooches can be the perfect miniature of a panther or a parrot for more originality and exoticism. All these animals are, thanks to their pretty colors, pretexts for the insertion of precious stones materializing here eyes (with sapphires), there wings (with rubies and diamonds) ...
These antique gold jewels, generally from the 1950s, are a beautiful testimony of the technical prowess of jewelers thanks to their great realism. Brooches to wear on the lapel of a jacket or on a hat !