Vintage Boucheron Snail Brooch boucheron representing love and constancy) flying

representing love and constancy) flying amongst bamboo leaves and branches

Rose Cut Diamonds - total approx

Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and presides over grains and the fertility of the earth

using virtually every square millimeter of available space

and has developed a gorgeous antique patina over the years

Vintage Boucheron Snail Brooch boucheron representing love and constancy) flyingDATE: Vintage, c. 1960 A fantastic terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc (aka snail) brooch by Boucheron Paris. It dates from the 1960s, part of their popular animal range, with stunning guilloch enamelled shell and diamond set body. The cultural significance of snails tends to focus on their slowness, often manifesting as lethargy or laziness (sloth as per the seven deadly sins is linked with the snail in Christian tradition). Greek poet Hesiod