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AN ART NOUVEAU DIAMOND AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL DRAGONFLY BROOCH
The diaphanous wings picked out in blue and green plique-à-jour enamel, with old mine and rose-cut diamond body and upper wings, translucent green enamel head and engraved gold legs and antennae, mounted in 18K gold, circa 1890, in a blue leather Sturbelle Frères fitted case, with French assay marks
Numbered 412Z
Cf. V. Becker, Art Nouveau Jewelry, 1985, pl.10, G. Néret, Boucheron, 1988, p. 25 and Christie's, 14 December, 1988, lot 33 and 21 June, 1989, lot 234
The diaphanous wings picked out in blue and green plique-à-jour enamel, with old mine and rose-cut diamond body and upper wings, translucent green enamel head and engraved gold legs and antennae, mounted in 18K gold, circa 1890, in a blue leather Sturbelle Frères fitted case, with French assay marks
Numbered 412Z
Cf. V. Becker, Art Nouveau Jewelry, 1985, pl.10, G. Néret, Boucheron, 1988, p. 25 and Christie's, 14 December, 1988, lot 33 and 21 June, 1989, lot 234