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AN ART NOUVEAU MOTHER-OF-PEARL, PERIDOT AND TORTOISESHELL HAIRCOMB, BY BOUTET DE MONVEL
Composed of a mother-of-pearl oyster shell, centering upon a serpent set with peridots and green paste, with a cushion-cut citrine head and two cabochon ruby eyes, to the tortoiseshell comb, mounted in silver, circa 1900
Signed Boutet de Monvel for Charles Boutet de Monvel
Composed of a mother-of-pearl oyster shell, centering upon a serpent set with peridots and green paste, with a cushion-cut citrine head and two cabochon ruby eyes, to the tortoiseshell comb, mounted in silver, circa 1900
Signed Boutet de Monvel for Charles Boutet de Monvel
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's Geneva, "Magnificent Jewels", 16 November 1995, lot 22
Literature
Michael Koch, The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910, Thomas Heneage & Co., London, 1990, page 239