Lot 428
428
AN UNUSUAL JEWELLED BROOCH IN THE FORM OF A LIZARD with pavé-set emerald and foiled beryl body, ruby-set legs and eyes, a rose-cut diamond to the head and holding a pearl between its jaws, mounted in silver and gold (small paste in tail, pearl probably a replacement), circa 1820

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AN UNUSUAL JEWELLED BROOCH IN THE FORM OF A LIZARD with pavé-set emerald and foiled beryl body, ruby-set legs and eyes, a rose-cut diamond to the head and holding a pearl between its jaws, mounted in silver and gold (small paste in tail, pearl probably a replacement), circa 1820
10.5cm. overall length

Lot Essay

INDENTCf. Christie's Geneva, 9 May 1973, lot 330 for a rose-cut diamond lizard brooch with ruby eyes

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