Lot Essay
Cf. M. Gabardi, Art Deco Jewellery 1920-1949, Antique Collectors Club, 1989, p. 199
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A RARE GROUP OF FOUR GEM-SET BRACELETS, BY BOUCHERON
Each of 'tank track' design, the wedge shaped articulated links with diamond, ruby, sapphire and emerald terminals respectively, circa 1935, all 18.0 cm. long, with French assay marks for platinum and gold
Ruby bracelet signed Boucheron Paris No. 33; sapphire bracelet signed Boucheron, London No. 23, and maker's mark; the diamond and emerald bracelets unsigned but with same maker's mark as sapphire bracelet (4)
Each of 'tank track' design, the wedge shaped articulated links with diamond, ruby, sapphire and emerald terminals respectively, circa 1935, all 18.0 cm. long, with French assay marks for platinum and gold
Ruby bracelet signed Boucheron Paris No. 33; sapphire bracelet signed Boucheron, London No. 23, and maker's mark; the diamond and emerald bracelets unsigned but with same maker's mark as sapphire bracelet (4)
Provenance
These four bracelets were commissioned from Boucheron circa 1935 by Countess Granard, born Beatrice Mills, daughter of Ogdon Mills of New York, who married the 8th Earl Granard P.C., K.P., K.C.V.O. in 1909 and thence by descent
Special notice
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