Jewel__A_Celebration_of_Earth_s_Treasures

036 NATIVE ELEMENTS

Gold wings

Gold? Yel low,

glittering, precious

gold? This yellow

slave will knit and

break religions, bless

the accursed...

William Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

Winged brooch | This gold Verdura winged brooch,

made in 1939, is set with two large and rare pink

topaz stones surrounded by diamonds. The actress

Joan Fontaine owned it and wore it in Alfred

Hitchcock’s film Suspicion (1941).

Pink topaz

Diamonds

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