Description
The fruit of the common hazel is oval to heart-shaped in form, approx. 15 mm long and 8 mm wide. The leaves are roundish with a short tip, somewhat asymmetrical, and again heart-shaped. Botanists speak of a double serrated leaf edge. The fruit stalks sit on relatively short leaf stalks.
This brooch resembles the botanical model down to the last detail. The tiger’s eye – the microcrystalline, golden-brown to golden-yellow striped variety of the mineral quartz– imitates the coloring of the ripening, hard-shelled, seductive nut faithfully and beautifully. The two nuts are embedded in their fruit shells made of 14 k gold with a chased surface that is modeled on the growth striation. Their leaves are cut from jade nephrite with a translucent color gradient. Therein, this brooch is deceptively similar to the original. It is seductive and enchanting.
