AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL AND PEARL BROOCH
RENE LALIQUE, CIRCA 1900
centering upon a polychrome enamel plaque depicting two females, bordered by polychrome cloisonné enameled branches and foliate clusters, enhanced by plique-a-jour enamel, suspending a baroque freshwater pearl pendant, mounted in gold (with a detachable brooch stem); in a signed, fitted case
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) overall drop, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) maximum width
Signed LALIQUE
Lot Essay
cf. Sigrid Barten, René Lalique, Schmuck und Objets d'art, 1890-1910, 1977, p. 402.
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