A DIAMOND AND GEM-SET "ORCHID" BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELSCLIP "ORCHIDÉE" DIAMANTS ET PIERRES PRÉCIEUSES, PAR VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

A DIAMOND AND GEM-SET "ORCHID" BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS CLIP "ORCHIDÉE" DIAMANTS ET PIERRES PRÉCIEUSES, PAR VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

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A DIAMOND AND GEM-SET "ORCHID" BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
CLIP "ORCHIDÉE" DIAMANTS ET PIERRES PRÉCIEUSES, PAR VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Designed as an orchid with a brilliant-cut diamond pistil to the pavé-set diamond and circular-cut emerald, ruby and sapphire domed petals with brilliant-cut diamond, cabochon sapphire, emerald and ruby detail, made in 1969, 6.5 cm long, with French assay marks for gold and platinum
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, no. 19782

Lot Essay

Cf. Christophe Vachaudez, Bijoux des Reines and Princesses de Belgique, Éditions Racine, Brussels 2004, page 137 where Princess Lilian is shown wearing a very similar brooch on the occasion of a state visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Argenteuil in 1966.

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