Sale 1848
New York
|
13 June 2007
Price realised
USD 21,600
Estimate
AN AMETHYST AND DIAMOND "BIRD ON A ROCK" BROOCH, BY JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO. Designed as a pavé-set diamond bird, with a circular-cut ruby eye and gold head feathers, beak, legs and feet, perched on a cushion-shaped amethyst, mounted in 18k gold, in a Tiffany & Co. black suede box Signed Tiffany & Co., Schlumberger
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOAN B. KROC
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