1835 Halley's Comet Brooch brooches with beautifully intricate millegrain and

with beautifully intricate millegrain and openwork details and gorgeous scrolled gallery around the sides of the head

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Built in 18 carat yellow gold and platinum

in Britain

Wild modernist pyramid earrings set with orange sapphires and brilliant cut diamonds

1835 Halley's Comet Brooch brooches with beautifully intricate millegrain andA Georgian brooch made to commemorate the arrival of Halley's comet in 1835 when people held their breath waiting for the apparition which now and for the first time bore Halley's name. This new society was increasingly enamoured with the natural world and the comet's grand return captured the collective imagination to the extent that jewellers began making commemorative brooches, in myriad styles and designs, to be worn in honour of Halley's