A mid-nineteenth century paste riviere and matching brooch, crafted in silver, riviere formed as two matching bracelets, with pastes set closed-back with foliate motif, housed in a later fitted box from W. Phillips, Antique Jeweller, London and engraved 'Daphne 19 Sep 1928' on the face of the box, likely a presentation box on the occasion of the prior owner's marriage, riviere length 15.5 in with equal length bracelets, brooch 3 in by 1.25 in, marked with French boar’s head assay marks for silver, circa 1850.

The most timeless georgian necklace is the riviere, as popular today as it was 300 years ago. Riviere, meaning 'river of light,' was named for the famed lights of the Cote d'Azur, as the diamond riviere resembled the twinkling lights of the coastal towns. Rivieres were made of graduated collet-set matched stones connected as unobtrusively as possible into a continuous line. Silver set diamond rivieres achieved popularity around 1750, but were soon backed in gold to prevent tarnishing. Rivieres of paste or colored stones were often set in gold in closed back settings with colored foil. They frequently included a detachable pendant drop, often in the shape of a cross. With increasing quality of gemstones and diamonds in the nineteenth century, stones were prevalently set 'a jour' or open backed.