1835 Halley's Comet Brooch brooches likely salvaged from a bracelet

likely salvaged from a bracelet or necklace

was organised around two cyclical patterns: a 365-day 'civil' cycle and a 260-day 'ritual' cycle

Stunning navette cluster ring set with glistening rose cut diamonds like shards of broken ice glittering in moonlight

It's reminiscent of an eye (possibly robotic)

44ct total calculated weight

1835 Halley's Comet Brooch brooches likely salvaged from a braceletA Georgian brooch made to commemorate the arrival of Halley's comet in 1835 when people held their breath waiting for the apparition which now and for the first time bore Halley's name. This new society was increasingly enamoured with the natural world and the comet's grand return captured the collective imagination to the extent that jewellers began making commemorative brooches, in myriad styles and designs, to be worn in honour of Halley's