Jewellery - 23rd January 2014
Lot 1469
A diamond set brooch modelled as a biplane
Estimate £2,000 - £2,500 | Hammer £3200
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Description
A diamond set brooch modelled as a biplane, C1930, milegrain set overall with graduated circular cut diamonds in silver and gold. 2.7cm long. Cased.
The current owner's grandmother received the brooch in 1930 from her husband to celebrate Amy Johnson's 11,000 mile flight from London to Australia in the same year. The brooch is said to have been modelled on Amy's plane, a de Haviland Gypsy Moth.