Vintage Boucheron Snail Brooch 5-Stone Rings with clear English hallmarks dating

with clear English hallmarks dating it to the year 1873

and they're resting in foiled closed back settings that reflects light back out through the stones

the diamonds at each points are likely replacements

and it's particularly exciting to find such a small example

Vintage Boucheron Snail Brooch 5-Stone Rings with clear English hallmarks datingDATE: Vintage, c. 1960 A fantastic terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc (aka snail) brooch by Boucheron Paris. It dates from the 1960s, part of their popular animal range, with stunning guilloch enamelled shell and diamond set body. The cultural significance of snails tends to focus on their slowness, often manifesting as lethargy or laziness (sloth as per the seven deadly sins is linked with the snail in Christian tradition). Greek poet Hesiod