Designed a dragonfly with a segmented gold body and four basse-taille enamel wings
Transparent red, green, and yellow glossy enamel over linear vein-like engraving
Exhibiting minimal loss – accented by 1.0 mm round seed pearls
Bead set in edges of wings – cream in body color with iridescent
Accented by flush set round cut ruby eyes and demantoid garnet body
Transparent bright red and green in color, respectively
With spindly legs and linear engraved body
Completed by hinged pinstem with looped closure and watch-pin
Stamped 14k for 14 karat gold
With maker’s mark for Riker Brothers
Circa: 1905
Measures: 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches
Total weight: 8.4 grams
Fluttering. Glassy. Gleaming.