A CHARMING RETRO DIAMOND, RUBY, SAPPHIRE AND GOLD "CHAPEAU" BROOCH, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

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A CHARMING RETRO DIAMOND, RUBY, SAPPHIRE AND GOLD "CHAPEAU" BROOCH, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Designed as a pair of pavé-set diamond birds, each with a cabochon ruby eye, perched on a gold wide brimmed straw hat, with a calibré-cut ruby ribbon, enhanced by circular-cut ruby, sapphire and diamond "Hawaii" flowers and gold leaves, mounted in platinum and gold, circa 1945
Signed by Van Cleef & Arpels, No. N.Y.11847
Literature
Penny Proddow and Debra Healy, "American Jewelry", Rizzoli, New York, 1987, p. 148
Sylvie Raulet, "Van Cleef & Arpels", Editions du Regard, Paris, 1986, p. 194