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SAPPHIRE, YELLOW AND NEAR COLORLESS DIAMOND PANSY BROOCH
The pistil set with a circular-cut yellow diamond and fancy-cut sapphires surrounded by circular-cut diamond and fancy-cut sapphire petals, mounted in platinum, circa 1937
Signed OBH for Osar Heyman & Brothers, No. 21338
For similar brooches see:
"Magnificent Jewels", Christie's New York, October 24, 1989, Lot 379
"Important Jewels", Christie's New York, June 13, 1979, Lot 57
This brooch was retailed by Shreve, Crump and Low Company, Inc. of Boston, one of America's most distinguished jewelry firms, which traces its history from 1769, through many partnerships and name changes, to the modest watchmaker's shop of John McFarlane, considered the forerunner of all jewelry establishments in the United States.
The founders of the firm, members of substantial Salem, Massachusetts families involved in seafaring and the China trade, were importing and selling fine jewelry from the earliest days of the 19th Century. One member of the family sailed around Cape Horn to California in 1852, and established Shreve and Company in San Francisco, taking advantage of flush times following the Gold Rush of 1849.
Under its present name, the firm dates from 1869, with incorporation in 1888, and with two of the original partners participating in the business until the time of World War I.
Aquired by the Canadian jewelers, Henry Birks & Son, Lts., in 1979 the Shreve, Crump and Low Company tradition, so ably begun by Salem craftsmen and apprentices almost two and a quarter centuries ago, continues today. While the firm does not manufacture, it has always sold jewels made by the best American craftsmen, many designs being made for their exclusive use. The firm's reputation for offering the highest quality jewelry, antique silver, furniture, porcelain and objets d'art places it among the leaders in this field in America, and allows it to serve a large and exclusive clientele from its spacious and architecturally important Art Deco premises at 330 Boylston Street.
The pistil set with a circular-cut yellow diamond and fancy-cut sapphires surrounded by circular-cut diamond and fancy-cut sapphire petals, mounted in platinum, circa 1937
Signed OBH for Osar Heyman & Brothers, No. 21338
For similar brooches see:
"Magnificent Jewels", Christie's New York, October 24, 1989, Lot 379
"Important Jewels", Christie's New York, June 13, 1979, Lot 57
This brooch was retailed by Shreve, Crump and Low Company, Inc. of Boston, one of America's most distinguished jewelry firms, which traces its history from 1769, through many partnerships and name changes, to the modest watchmaker's shop of John McFarlane, considered the forerunner of all jewelry establishments in the United States.
The founders of the firm, members of substantial Salem, Massachusetts families involved in seafaring and the China trade, were importing and selling fine jewelry from the earliest days of the 19th Century. One member of the family sailed around Cape Horn to California in 1852, and established Shreve and Company in San Francisco, taking advantage of flush times following the Gold Rush of 1849.
Under its present name, the firm dates from 1869, with incorporation in 1888, and with two of the original partners participating in the business until the time of World War I.
Aquired by the Canadian jewelers, Henry Birks & Son, Lts., in 1979 the Shreve, Crump and Low Company tradition, so ably begun by Salem craftsmen and apprentices almost two and a quarter centuries ago, continues today. While the firm does not manufacture, it has always sold jewels made by the best American craftsmen, many designs being made for their exclusive use. The firm's reputation for offering the highest quality jewelry, antique silver, furniture, porcelain and objets d'art places it among the leaders in this field in America, and allows it to serve a large and exclusive clientele from its spacious and architecturally important Art Deco premises at 330 Boylston Street.