Belle Epoque bow brooch with Bilsterperl pendant

Description:

Ribbon Germany around 1860-80
6,1x7,3 cm
14ct yellow gold (XRF tested), silver. Approx. 284 diamonds in different old cuts totalling approx. 5.00ct of medium-low quality. Pendant with a blister pearl, setting in the shape of blossom tendrils. Weight 31.4g. Pendant not originally associated.
Private collection, Northern Germany.
Literature:
Diana Scarisbrick: Ancestral Jewels, London 1989. Type see pp.120 and 167.