"MOI et TOI" ("Me and You") Diamond and Natural Pearl

"MOI et TOI" ("Me and You") Diamond and Natural Pearl EDWARDIAN-ART DECO STICKPIN,

rose gold and white gold, 1920's.

Each gem 'floating' on a knife-edge cross , above a gallery, each within conjoined polished white gold 1/4" disks

Pearl : 3mm natural salt-water Persian-Gulf type, half- drilled, fine round, lustre and condition

Diamond : 2.9mm vintage full cut, I1, J, .08-.09 ct
Gold tested : 10 k Gross wt : .059 troy oz

Gem-set top measures : 1/2" x 1/4"
Overall length : 2.6 "

A romantic gift of the 1920's given by one lover to another, to wear in the cravat or collar.

Since ancient times, diamond and pearl have represented sun and moon, male and female, invincibility and mystery

Provenance : a jeweler in Havana, Cuba whose family fled Fidel Castro in 1962 with jewelry sewed inside the lining of their coats.

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