Tiger’s eye is a chatoyant stone, meaning it shows a moving band of light across its surface as it turns, the same optical effect, on a warmer palette, that makes labradorite so prized in the Kauppi torque elsewhere in this collection. This brooch works in tiger’s eye’s warm brown and gold, a genuinely different mood from the same underlying design instinct.<\/p>\n
It’s a smaller, quieter piece than the torque, but it carries exactly the same design DNA.<\/p>\n
Why tiger’s eye specifically suited this design language.<\/strong> The stone’s chatoyancy depends on the cut catching the light at the right angle, which meant Kauppi’s structural, often slightly raised settings genuinely served the stone’s optical properties.<\/p>\n What to look for.<\/strong> The chatoyant band should move visibly as the brooch is tilted, a static-looking stripe suggests a lower-grade stone or a poor cut. This one shows the effect clearly.<\/p>\n This piece was part of a small, genuinely personal collection of mid-century and antique jewellery, gathered over years rather than acquired for resale. It has since sold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tiger’s eye is a chatoyant stone, meaning it shows a moving band of light across its surface as it turns, the same optical effect, on a warmer palette, that makes labradorite so prized in the Kauppi torque elsewhere in this collection. This brooch works in tiger’s eye’s warm brown and gold, a genuinely different mood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[78],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-289","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-jewellery","first","outofstock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n