Lot 49
49
A SAPPHIRE AND YELLOW SAPPHIRE 'PASSE-PARTOUT' SUITE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
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A SAPPHIRE AND YELLOW SAPPHIRE 'PASSE-PARTOUT' SUITE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

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A SAPPHIRE AND YELLOW SAPPHIRE 'PASSE-PARTOUT' SUITE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
The clip designed as twin detachable flower heads, with cushion-cut blue or yellow sapphire petals and circular-cut yellow diamond or blue sapphire centre and detail, to the sculpted leaves and serpent chain, convertable to an adjustable necklace, bracelet or two clip brooches, earclips en suite, 1940s, necklace 76.0 cm. long, flower heads each 3.5 cm. wide, with French assay marks for gold
Necklace and earrings signed Van Cleef & Arpels, Nos. 57540 and 5811, with Maker's mark P&Fils for Pery (A.) et Cie, Paris (6)
Provenance
Family wedding present, 1947
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Cf. S. Raulet, Van Cleef & Arpels, Rizzoli, New York, 1987, pp. 198, 200

Cf.Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris-Musées, Paris, 1992, pp. 104-107

'Passe-Partout', meaning master key, was the name given by Van Cleef & Arpels to their gem-set flower necklace created in 1938. This unique piece of multi-functional jewellery is made of a gold serpent chain and floral clip which can be worn as a necklace, bracelet, clip-brooches or belt ornament. It exemplifies their ability to create jewellery that seamlessly combines the practical with the aesthetic.

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