Posted by Beth1 on August 27, 2014, 4:53 am, in reply to "Re: Some thoughts "
The logic of your argument is very persuasive Arthur. Yet, if the necklace was originally set without the elements with the sun ray pattern, why are the earrings and the one definitely identified brooch different? (I could accept that the various items were initially not part of a specifically designed demi-parure - if we had some documentation or portraits to support that theory). I also think that a necklace set only with the oval shaped gems with small diamond surround would lack the impact of the necklace as presently set. So, although the current setting is not a design which appeals to me personally, I think it is a more 'dramatic' design. Needless to say, that does not mean my ideas have have any great validity. How I wish we were in possession of some definitive evidence!