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An Attrctive Enamel and Diamond-set Dragonfly Brooch
The four en tremblant wings in shaded blue and green plique-à-jour enamel, each edged with a line of rose-cut diamonds, the thorax and abdomen set with circular-cut diamonds, the separately-sprung head of green enamel with a collet-set old brilliant-cut diamond, matt gold legs French control marks, maker's lozenge mark and numbered in two places 4127; detachable brooch fitting; fitted case inscribed to the interior 'Sturbelle Frères' with the address
For a very similar brooch by Boucheron, see Michael Koch and others, The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910, London 1990, page 149, plate 81; also Gilles Neret, Boucheron, New York, page 24, plate 31 for a sketch from the Boucheron Collection
The four en tremblant wings in shaded blue and green plique-à-jour enamel, each edged with a line of rose-cut diamonds, the thorax and abdomen set with circular-cut diamonds, the separately-sprung head of green enamel with a collet-set old brilliant-cut diamond, matt gold legs French control marks, maker's lozenge mark and numbered in two places 4127; detachable brooch fitting; fitted case inscribed to the interior 'Sturbelle Frères' with the address
For a very similar brooch by Boucheron, see Michael Koch and others, The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910, London 1990, page 149, plate 81; also Gilles Neret, Boucheron, New York, page 24, plate 31 for a sketch from the Boucheron Collection