Vintage Boucheron Snail Brooch souvenir The perfect antique cobblestone diamond

The perfect antique cobblestone diamond ring dating from the early 20th Century

and Thomas Hardy

which describes his birth

OMNIA VINCIT AMOR

circa 1830

Vintage Boucheron Snail Brooch souvenir The perfect antique cobblestone diamondDATE: Vintage, c. 1960 A fantastic terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc (aka snail) brooch by Boucheron Paris. It dates from the 1960s, part of their popular animal range, with stunning guilloch enamelled shell and diamond set body. The cultural significance of snails tends to focus on their slowness, often manifesting as lethargy or laziness (sloth as per the seven deadly sins is linked with the snail in Christian tradition). Greek poet Hesiod