AN ANTIQUE ENAMEL, DIAMOND AND CULTURED PEARL PENDANT, BY BOUCHERON

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AN ANTIQUE ENAMEL, DIAMOND AND CULTURED PEARL PENDANT, BY BOUCHERON
Designed as a cloisonné green, blue and red enamel cruciform with rose-cut diamond trim and old European-cut centre to the cultured pearl terminals, circa 1880, with French assay marks (cultured pearls of later addition), in a Boucheron blue velvet fitted case
By Boucheron, with jeweller's mark for Charles Riffault

Literature

Cf. Gilles Néret, "Boucheron Four Generations of a World-Renowned Jeweler", Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York, 1988, page 20

Sale room notice

Please note that the pearls are NATURAL.
Veuillez noter que les perles sont naturelles.

Lot Essay

Charles Riffault produced a series of cloisonné enamel medieval-inspired jewels for Boucheron from 1860-90. The present cruciform is almost identical to one he produced in 1870-80 which was donated circa 1890 to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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