Brooches Jewels :
Place of origin: England, Britain (made) Date: ca. 1888 (made) Artist/Maker: Unknown (production) Materials and Techniques: Carved moonstone set with brilliant-cut diamonds. The fashion for moon brooches was reported in the “Ladies World” in 1888. Diamonds were no longer reserved for grand occasions. By about 1900 it was even fashionable to wear them in the morning, a change in taste encouraged by the flow of stones from South Africa which began in the late 1860s. VA Search the Collections
