Sale 1252
Geneva
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17 - 18 February 1999
Price realised
CHF 11,500
Estimate
A WHIMSICAL MULTI-GEM AND PLATINUM SNOWMAN CLIP BROOCH, BY SCHIANO The snowman with black diamond eyes and red coral nose, his baroque cultured pearl head and hat suspending a diamond briolette pom-pom, clad in a brushed platinum jacket with pavé-set diamond trim and gem-set buttons to a pair of sapphire shoes, his engraved red coral scarf blowing in the wind Signed Schiano, no. 8003
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