Lot Essay
Cf. Alastair Duncan, "The Paris Salons, 1895-1914: Volume II", Antique Collectors' Club, England, 1994, page 265
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Details
AN ART NOUVEAU DIAMOND, PLIQUE-A-JOUR ENAMEL AND PEARL PENDANT NECKLACE, BY HENRI VEVER
Designed as openwork green plique-à-jour enamelled stylized leaves, enhanced by scrolling rose-cut diamond and diamond collet trim, suspending an elongated baroque pearl, measuring approximately 7.30 x 29.00 mm, accented by an old European, single and rose-cut diamond cap, within a similarly-set foliate surround, mounted in 18k gold,(with brooch stem attachment and screwdriver), circa 1907, with French assay marks, in its original Vever green leather fitted case
Signed Vever, Paris, no. 2754
Designed as openwork green plique-à-jour enamelled stylized leaves, enhanced by scrolling rose-cut diamond and diamond collet trim, suspending an elongated baroque pearl, measuring approximately 7.30 x 29.00 mm, accented by an old European, single and rose-cut diamond cap, within a similarly-set foliate surround, mounted in 18k gold,(with brooch stem attachment and screwdriver), circa 1907, with French assay marks, in its original Vever green leather fitted case
Signed Vever, Paris, no. 2754
Literature
Henri Vever "French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century", Thames and Hudson, London, 2001, page 1188