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A Very Unusual French Diamond, Ruby and Enamel Butterfly Brooch by Maison Martel
A Very Unusual French Diamond, Ruby and Enamel Butterfly Brooch by Maison Martel

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A Very Unusual French Diamond, Ruby and Enamel Butterfly Brooch by Maison Martel
The wings subtly enamelled in translucent colours between matt black detail, with diamond and rose-cut diamond body and antennae, ruby-set eyes, circa 1890, with indistinct lozenge maker's mark and French control mark, 5cm. wide, in original fitted case with retailer's address Maison Martel, G. Vaubourzeix Socr., 4 Place de l'Opera, Paris

拍品专文

In 1883 George Vaubourzeix, son of the jeweller Hippolyte Vaubourzeix, joined forces with his father-in-law, Hippolyte Martel whose jewellery premises were in the Place de l'Opera. The address in the fitted case dates from this partnership so the brooch must have been made between 1883 and 1903 when the business moved to Rue de la Paix (see brief references on these makers in H. Vever, La Bijouterie Française au XIX Siècle, 1908 reprint. For another 'satin-finish' butterfly brooch signed by Lalique cf. Christie's, Geneva, 17 November, 1988, lot 492