A EUROPEAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD BROOCH DUTCH OR FRENCH, CIRCA 1650, WITH LATER GOLD MOUNTS formed as a recumbent spaniel wearing a gold collar, the body of opaque white enamel with?coloured details, set with a single gold-mounted table-cut ruby and similarly mounted table-cut diamond border, later gold mount 7/8 in. (23 mm.) wide We are grateful to the jewellery historian Diana Scarisbrick for confirming the dating of the enamel and suggesting it may have originally been the cover of a small box for aromatic substances.?