Gold and Diamond Bicycle Brooch
Regular price
$7,000
This 1980s 18K gold racing bicycle brooch with spinning wheels and pedals, as well as moveable handlebars, is set throughout with round brilliant-cut diamonds. A delightful and precious novelty, this jewel is sure to delight both the athlete and casual weekend bicyclist alike.
Item #: BO-22416
Country: England
Circa: 1982
Dimensions: 1.00" length, 1.50" width.
Materials: 96 round brilliant-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 0.72 carat); 18K Gold
Gram Weight: 6.4 grams
Signed: "E Co", possibly for E. Wolfe London, hallmarks, date letter H for 1982
Item #: BO-22416
Country: England
Circa: 1982
Dimensions: 1.00" length, 1.50" width.
Materials: 96 round brilliant-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 0.72 carat); 18K Gold
Gram Weight: 6.4 grams
Signed: "E Co", possibly for E. Wolfe London, hallmarks, date letter H for 1982
Bicylcle brooches have been a beloved novelty since the invention of the sport in the 1880s. As far as possible, Edwardian era women adopted bicycling as enthusiastically as men. It led to small advances in liberation for women because the sport required "rational dress" - in other words, specialized divided skirts, shorter skirts, or even billowy pants called "bloomers". Women's participation led to protest and resistance among the backward thinking, a phenomenon amusingly termed "the bloomer brouhaha" at the time. An example of an Edwardian bicycle brooch by Streeter & Co., London, is held in the collection of the MFA Boston.
Bicylcle brooches have been a beloved novelty since the invention of the sport in the 1880s. As far as possible, Edwardian era women adopted bicycling as enthusiastically as men. It led to small advances in liberation for women because the sport required "rational dress" - in other words, specialized divided skirts, shorter skirts, or even billowy pants called "bloomers". Women's participation led to protest and resistance among the backward thinking, a phenomenon amusingly termed "the bloomer brouhaha" at the time. An example of an Edwardian bicycle brooch by Streeter & Co., London, is held in the collection of the MFA Boston.
