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A SUPERB ART DECO ENAMEL AND DIAMOND VANITY CASE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
The front depicting a hunting scene, the black enamelled case with rose-cut diamond scrolling foliate trim and push-piece, to the enamelled and mother-of-pearl inlaid cover decorated with two horsebacked men, a boy and four dogs pursuing a leaping buck, enhanced by a platinum and mother-of-pearl castle in the distance, opening to reveal a fitted mirror, two covered compartments and lipstick holder, mounted in 18k gold and platinum, circa 1926, 3½ x 2 3/8 x ½ ins., with French assay marks and maker's marks, in its original Van Cleef & Arpels green leather fitted case
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, nos. 27642 and 6891
The front depicting a hunting scene, the black enamelled case with rose-cut diamond scrolling foliate trim and push-piece, to the enamelled and mother-of-pearl inlaid cover decorated with two horsebacked men, a boy and four dogs pursuing a leaping buck, enhanced by a platinum and mother-of-pearl castle in the distance, opening to reveal a fitted mirror, two covered compartments and lipstick holder, mounted in 18k gold and platinum, circa 1926, 3½ x 2 3/8 x ½ ins., with French assay marks and maker's marks, in its original Van Cleef & Arpels green leather fitted case
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, nos. 27642 and 6891
Literature
Paris Musées, "Van Cleef & Arpels", Diffusion Paris-Musées, Paris 1992, page 152
Sylvie Raulet, "Art Deco Jewelry", Rizzoli, New York, 1984, page 295
Sylvie Raulet, "Van Cleef & Arpels", Editions du Regard, Paris, 1986, pages 264-265
Sylvie Raulet, "Art Deco Jewelry", Rizzoli, New York, 1984, page 295
Sylvie Raulet, "Van Cleef & Arpels", Editions du Regard, Paris, 1986, pages 264-265
Exhibited
Gem and Mineral Hall of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 14 July-30 November 1990
Honolulu Academy of the Arts, 17 January-24 February 1991
"Van Cleef & Arpels", Musée de la mode et du Costume, 15 June-30 October 1992, item #212
Honolulu Academy of the Arts, 17 January-24 February 1991
"Van Cleef & Arpels", Musée de la mode et du Costume, 15 June-30 October 1992, item #212