I am always amazed at Mauriz's ability to work out how jewels are constructed.
I wonder how long it took the designer and craft jewellers to ascertain precisely where to put the breaks so that the jewel could be worn as a tiara or a choker?
What is intriguing me is how the break operates. On the right hand side (of the first photo posted by Mauriz) it appears to go behind the larger onyx leaf shape; yet, the other larger onyx "leaf" stones appear to be one single stone. How I would love to handle this jewel to see how it all works. When I saw it in Canberra I didn't realise it could be used as a choker and so I didn't make any attempt to take a photo which captured the details or the rear of the jewel. This is another one of those "I wish..." situations.
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