Lot Essay
Cf. Francoise Cailles, "René Boivin Joaillier", Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, pages 305-306 and 356 for similar sautoirs
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AN UNUSUAL GEM-SET AND 18K GOLD ELEPHANT SAUTOIR, BY RENE BOIVIN
The sculpted gold elephant with brownish diamond eyes and diamond toes, its head with baroque pearl, circular-cut ruby and baguette-cut diamond cluster detail, the back bearing a sapphire, diamond and ruby howdah, suspended from a gold rope chain, circa 1940, 78.0 cm., with French assay marks
Signed by R. Boivin
The sculpted gold elephant with brownish diamond eyes and diamond toes, its head with baroque pearl, circular-cut ruby and baguette-cut diamond cluster detail, the back bearing a sapphire, diamond and ruby howdah, suspended from a gold rope chain, circa 1940, 78.0 cm., with French assay marks
Signed by R. Boivin