A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU GOLD AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL BROOCH, the oval panel chased in high relief with a matt pink enamel poppy with adjacent bud on a light green plique-à-jour enamel ground, the rims chased with foliage and with diamond detail to the flower, circa 1900
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A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU GOLD AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL BROOCH, the oval panel chased in high relief with a matt pink enamel poppy with adjacent bud on a light green plique-à-jour enamel ground, the rims chased with foliage and with diamond detail to the flower, circa 1900
3.3cm. wide By Albert Chambin, signed with initials in lozenge punch
Lot Essay
INDENTAlbert Chambin, bijoutier, 11 Rue de Turbigo, Paris, used the above mark between 18 April 1893 and 19 July 1922. For further pieces by him cf. Vever, op.cit. p.605 and Tait, op.cit. no.1104