A Neo-Renaissance Enamel and Gem-set Brooch
by Phillips of Cockspur Street

in the form of an oval blue sapphire which forms the centre of a stylised flower, the petals decorated with black and white
enamel, further highlighted by four diamonds set in square shaped, black enamel mounts.

Phillips of Cockspur Street
London, 1885

3cm in length

£7,000

Phillps specialised in producing jewels in the neo-Classical and neo-Renaissance tastes. The firm looked to surviving jewels
and portraits from these periods to develop their designs. For example, Robert Phillips produced a pendant which was a
re-interpretation of a jewel depicted in a potrait of Princess Elizabeth by William Scrots (painted around 1546). The palette of the
enamel used to decorate this brooch, as well as the way in which the diamonds have been set into square mounts, are both
features seen on early jewellery.