Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu to include the personal archive of Louis Osman, goldsmith and architect

Three gold ‘Mizpah’ brooches, two of double heart design, hallmarked for 9ct gold, and the third of bar brooch form, stamped ‘9ct gold’, each with applied letters and inscribed text, largest length 4cm. £160-200

The term Mizpah is Hebrew for ‘watchtower’. In the Old Testament Jacob and Laban made a pact of loyalty to one another and built a ‘watchtower’ of stones to represent God, who witnessed this pact. The term has come to denote a bond between two people who are separated for some reason. Book of Genesis, 31:49: “and Mizpah; for he said, The Lord Watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another”.