18K (750‰) yellow gold and enamel "les trois pensées" brooch decorated with three enamelled oval medallions featuring a thought in the centre (for the old maxim "a thought for yesterday, a thought for today and a thought for tomorrow"), set in a filigree scrollwork design. Safety pin on reverse Eagle head Artois, Hauts-de-France, 19th century H. 6.2 cm L. 2.9 cm Gross weight: 9.6 g Very slight deformation To be compared with two related brooches, presented in the book "Les bijoux des Français, bijoux régionaux : précieux témoins de la vie rurale aux 18ème et 19ème siècles" by Michael C.W Fieggen, n°688 and 689, p.116.