Victorian Celestial Shooting Star & Crescent Moon Brooch WW1 It dates to the latter

It dates to the latter half of the 18th Century

Napoleon took a scientific expedition with him to Egypt

but the head and band are a later marriage

The agate panel has been mounted in an 18k gold signet ring that dates from the mid 18th Century

Victorian Celestial Shooting Star & Crescent Moon Brooch WW1 It dates to the latterDATE: Victorian, c. 1890 An exceptional Victorian celestial brooch crafted as a shooting star and crescent moon entwined. Dating from the 1890s, it's set with sapphires, natural pearls, and old cut diamonds, the latter set in beautifully worked silver settings. The crescent is wonderfully slender, evoking the magic of the newest visible moon, and set with a row of graduated diamonds, while the shooting star features three curved knife edge trails,