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An Art Nouveau scarab brooch by Heinrich Levinger
with blister pearl body and green plique-a-jour enamel wings, gripping a blister pearl and an imitation pearl in front and back legs, probably to a design by Otto Prutscher, mounted in silver with traces of gilding, the reverse with maker's mark.
See plate 6
with blister pearl body and green plique-a-jour enamel wings, gripping a blister pearl and an imitation pearl in front and back legs, probably to a design by Otto Prutscher, mounted in silver with traces of gilding, the reverse with maker's mark.
See plate 6
Literature
Art Nouveau Jewellery by Vivienne Becker, illustration 231 for a similar concept.
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