A Victorian gold and turquoise brooch, circa 1850, designed as a dove carrying a ribbon in its beak,

A Victorian gold and turquoise brooch, circa 1850, designed as a dove carrying a ribbon in its beak, set with turquoise cabochons, in varicoloured gold, its plumage intricately engraved, length 3.5cm

Cf.: Hugh Tait ed. The Art of the Jeweller: A Catalogue of the Anne Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, London, 1984, p.155, no.558, for a similar example