The Alpine Spray

Look closely and the pendant-brooch gives itself away as Retro: large citrines, the honey gold more honest than anything cut today, held by bold sculpted volume. Each stone is closed in its own collet, the way settings were made before machines. A dealer we trust brought it down from a Lisbon family, kept in a bank drawer far longer than it was ever worn. It has outlived everyone who owned it and shows no sign of stopping.