Victorian 18ct Gold Bar Brooch with a Heart Shaped Opal with Diamond and Emerald

Victorian 18ct Gold Bar Brooch with a Heart Shaped Opal with Diamond and EmeraldThis exquisite Victorian bar brooch features a vivid heart shaped opal ablaze with flashes of reddish orange, green and blue a mesmerising play of colour that shifts with the light. The opal is framed by old cut diamonds and vibrant emeralds, creating a romantic and finely balanced composition. It comes in its original fitted box stamped Mackay & Chisholm, Goldsmiths, 59 Princes Street, Edinburgh a prestigious Scottish firm founded in the early 19th

This exquisite Victorian bar brooch features a vivid heart-shaped opal ablaze with flashes of reddish orange, green and blue — a mesmerising play of colour that shifts with the light. The opal is framed by old-cut diamonds and vibrant emeralds, creating a romantic and finely balanced composition.

It comes in its original fitted box stamped Mackay & Chisholm, Goldsmiths, 59 Princes Street, Edinburgh — a prestigious Scottish firm founded in the early 19th century. Mackay & Chisholm were renowned for their high-quality craftsmanship and were appointed Goldsmiths and Silversmiths to Queen Victoria. Their premises on Princes Street served Edinburgh’s elite with fine jewels, silver and decorative objects throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Interestingly, a similar heart opal brooch (with green garnets not emeralds) resides in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, attesting to the popularity of heart-shaped opals in the romantic jewellery of the late Victorian era.

A highly collectible jewel, rich in provenance and period charm — a beautiful example of sentimental high-Victorian design.