Sale 1362
Geneva
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14 May 2008
Price realised
CHF 27,400
Estimate
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND NECKLACE Set with a series of diamond collets, centering upon a pear-shaped diamond, the front suspending a matching swag flanked by a rectangular-cut emerald and diamond line, to the stylised diamond scroll clasp, mounted in platinum, circa 1915, 39.5 cm inner circumference, in a Carlo Ostorero brown silk box
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