ART NOUVEAU OPAL, EMERALD, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL PENDANT/BROOCH, HENRI VEVER

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ART NOUVEAU OPAL, EMERALD, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL PENDANT/BROOCH, HENRI VEVER
Cabochon and drop-shaped opals, fancy-cut emeralds, vari-cut diamonds, multi-coloured enamel, gold (French mark), circa 1900, pendant with detachable fitting for wear as a brooch, necklace 53.5 cm, pendant 6.6 cm, signed Vever, no. 2819, brooch fitting with maker's mark for Léon Gariod, brown Vever fitted case

Literature

Cf. V. Becker, Art Nouveau jewelry, London, Thames & Hudson, 1985, p. 82 ill.108 for a similar pendant
Cf. G. Gregorietti, Jewelry through the ages, Milano, American Heritage Press, 1969, p. 287 for a similar pendant
Cf. S. Bury, Jewellery The International Era 1789-1910, Volume II 1862-1910, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1991, p. 621 for a similar brooch
Cf. Pariser Schmuck, Munich, Hirmer Verlag München, 1989, p.287-288 for a similar pendant

Lot Essay

Identical pendant/brooches by Leopold Gautrait have been illustrated in several jewellery books and form part of the permanent collection at the V&A museum of London.

Lucien Léopold Gautrait was born in France in 1865. He worked in close collaboration with the jeweller Léon Gariod until the beginning of the 1920s. Being considered a talented jewel designer, Gautrait worked with numerous jewellers of the Art Nouveau period, including Henri Vever.

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