Dating from the 1870s, this Maltese cross brooch is composed of silver-topped gold set with approximately 4.00 carats of old mine-cut diamonds. The brooch centers an old mine-cut diamond, weighing approximately 1.00 carat, its four flaring arms with floret terminals further bead-set with old mine-cut diamonds, approximate total weight 3.04 carats, within a dark patinated silver-topped gold mount. This hard-to-find classic jewel with its dramatic dark mounting sparkles and scintillates with a white and spectral radiance.