Not currently on display at the V&A

Surete Pin

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pin with a spherical head, set with diamonds in a pattern of four lozenges each set with a single larger gemstone - an emerald, a ruby, a sapphire and a diamond - and fleur-de-lys. Over the point of the pin there clips a domed, diamond-set guard.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Surete Pin
  • Jewelled Guard
Materials and techniques
The diamonds are rose- and brilliant-cut, the emerald is emerald-cut, the ruby is step-cut, and the sapphire has a star-cut crown and a step-cut pavilion.
Brief description
Gold, set with diamonds, a ruby, a sapphire and an emerald. Europe or U.S.A. , about 1900.
Physical description
Pin with a spherical head, set with diamonds in a pattern of four lozenges each set with a single larger gemstone - an emerald, a ruby, a sapphire and a diamond - and fleur-de-lys. Over the point of the pin there clips a domed, diamond-set guard.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58.5mm
  • Head of pin diameter: 15mm
  • Guard depth: 7.5mm
Credit line
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia V. Goldstein
Other numbers
  • LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.283-2003 - Previous loan number
  • 237 - Goldstein Collection number
Collection
Accession number
M.153:1&2-2011

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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