Lot Essay
cf. "Russia's Treasure of Diamonds and Precious Stones", The People's Commissariat of Finances, Moscow, 1925, plate 183-188
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE ANTIQUE SET OF FOUR DIAMOND FLOWER BROOCHES
Details
A RARE ANTIQUE SET OF FOUR DIAMOND FLOWER BROOCHES
Each old European and pear-shaped diamond flowerhead, extending an old mine and old European-cut diamond stem, mounted in silver, (two diamonds deficient), mid 18th century (4)
Each old European and pear-shaped diamond flowerhead, extending an old mine and old European-cut diamond stem, mounted in silver, (two diamonds deficient), mid 18th century (4)
Provenance
The Russian Imperial Family Collection
16 March 1927, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, "An Important Assemblage of Magnificent Jewellery Mostly dating from the 18th Century which formed part of The Russian State Jewels", lot 36
16 March 1927, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, "An Important Assemblage of Magnificent Jewellery Mostly dating from the 18th Century which formed part of The Russian State Jewels", lot 36
Literature
George Fredrick Kunz and Charles Hugh Stevenson, "The Book of the Pearl", Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1993, page 175