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Details
A 19th century gold, rose-cut diamond and enamel brooch by Boucheron,
the circular striped blue enamel plaque with rose-cut diamond double-row crescent and rose-cut diamond point detail, with applied motif engraved in the Neo Renaissance style in the form of a mythical bird amid scrolling foliage, the beak terminating with a single seed pearl, the pierced quatrefoil scroll reverse signed Fic.(For Frèdèric)Boucheron, Paris, French poinçon marks, in maker's case stamped, Boucheron, Medaille d'or Exposition de 1867, Galerie de Valois, 152,153 & 154 Palais Royal, circa 1880.
the circular striped blue enamel plaque with rose-cut diamond double-row crescent and rose-cut diamond point detail, with applied motif engraved in the Neo Renaissance style in the form of a mythical bird amid scrolling foliage, the beak terminating with a single seed pearl, the pierced quatrefoil scroll reverse signed Fic.(For Frèdèric)Boucheron, Paris, French poinçon marks, in maker's case stamped, Boucheron, Medaille d'or Exposition de 1867, Galerie de Valois, 152,153 & 154 Palais Royal, circa 1880.
Provenance
Vendor states that this brooch was given to his aunt by a noble French family.
Special notice
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Further details
The engraving of this brooch was probably carried out by Tissot (1815 - 1887) Cf. Henry Vever, Bijouterie La Francaise au XIX Siècle, Paris, Vol. III Vol. III p.456, also The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910 pub. Thomas Heneage & Co Ltd. London, 1990. p.138, pl.65.