Sale 8207
New York, East
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11 February 1999
Price realised
USD 1,840
Estimate
DIAMOND AND ENAMEL TURTLE BROOCH Designed naturalistically, the 18K yellow gold shell accented by yellow and brown enamel, the head, neck and legs accented by pav set diamonds with a ruby set eye, topped by a smaller turtle of similar design, mounted in white gold (one diamond missing); containing fifty-six circular-cut diamonds See illustration
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