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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9483599, member: 2844&quot;]That sounds like a parure where parts could be converted to form a whole jewel or broken down into several jewels.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the kind of parure I am thinking of, this one is 17th-18th century, but convertible parures were also made in the 19th century:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]444516[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From the description:</p><p><i>.... Comprising of a brooch/pendant, a pair of earrings and a necklace, the whole set is embellished throughout with rose-cut diamonds in closed-back silver and silver-on-gold collet settings, accompanied by a fitted leather case. <b>The “laça” brooch/pendant can be worn on its own or as a centre piece to the necklace</b>, the double-bow surmount with realistic fluttering ends, suspending <b>a detachable cross</b></i>....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/necklaces/pendant-necklaces/antique-late-17th-early-18th-century-diamond-demi-parure-silver-gold-portuguese/id-j_11444542/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/necklaces/pendant-necklaces/antique-late-17th-early-18th-century-diamond-demi-parure-silver-gold-portuguese/id-j_11444542/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/necklaces/pendant-necklaces/antique-late-17th-early-18th-century-diamond-demi-parure-silver-gold-portuguese/id-j_11444542/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some parures consist of a necklace that can be taken apart to form a brooch and earrings, or even have a construction so the necklace or bracelets can be converted into a tiara.</p><p><br /></p><p>In those days ladies often wore matching bracelets on both arms, hence &quot;two bracelets&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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