THE EARLY PLATINUM...WITHOUT A 'GOLD BACKING'.....ART NOUVEAU BROOCH, WITH A HOOK FOR SUSPENDING AN 'AT THAT TIME PERIOD' SMALL DIAMOND-ENCRUSTED LADIES WATCH.....

Perfect, even Now, worn at the neck, between collars..... without a suspended watch.....which the wearer would not 'see' for the time, anyway.......The Watch, a sign of prestige and status before the age of the Wrist Watch....is, now, redundant..... The smaller diamonds are rose-cut....probably from Golconda....

So...what do YOU think is beautiful....jerk!

 

A neighbor barged by this morning, presumably..to deliver a package that was addressed to me but delivered to her mailbox... to whom I served some java and a slice of lemon ice-box pie.....She picked up this Portuguese enamelled silver filagree case, commenting:  "You actually think this is beautiful, Reed?".....I was speechless, as I watched her scrolling through some 'Home Shopping Network' jewelry....asking me what I thought of some really atrocious, if fashionable, jewelry....