Live Auction 22675Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Rugs and Carpets
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND-SET GOLD BROOCH
Lot 116

AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND-SET GOLD BROOCH

PROBABLY EUROPE FOR THE INDIAN MARKET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed25 April 2024

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AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND-SET GOLD BROOCH
PROBABLY EUROPE FOR THE INDIAN MARKET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A large cabochon green beryl in the centre surrounded by scalloped frames of diamonds and emeralds, three plumes above set with further emeralds and diamonds, five pear-shaped hanging emeralds, pin on the reverse
4 1/8 x 3in. (10.8 x 7.5cm.)

Janine Metz (nee Spaner), Westchester, New York, Social Secretary to Wallis the Duchess Windsor (1962-1972)

Specialist note


The design of this brooch is reminiscent of Art Deco jewellery, and it was likely made in a European workshop for an Indian client. Its design resembles an example published Oppi Untracht, Traditional Jewelry of India, London, 1997, no.838, p.387. Untracht illustrates that example with a painting of the young Maharaja Dulip Singh of Lahore wearing a similar jewel on his turban.