Online Auction 19085Christie's Living: August Collections
TWO GOLD AND GEM-SET ELEPHANT BROOCHES
Lot 141An Enquiring Eye: Property from a Distinguished Private Collector

TWO GOLD AND GEM-SET ELEPHANT BROOCHES

20TH CENTURY

Closed20 August 2020

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USD 1,250

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TWO GOLD AND GEM-SET ELEPHANT BROOCHES
20TH CENTURY
The first formed as a elephant head with a headdress in yellow gold with enamel tusks and diamond eyes, signed WEDDERIEN to back and marked 585 and 14K; the second formed as an elephant head with a pearl face set with diamond eyes, a blue enamel headdress, gold ears and tusks, and a gold trunk set with diamonds, apparently unmarked
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long, the first; 1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) long, the second
24.3 gr. gross weight, the first; 14.4 gr. gross weight, the second

Both acquired from Fred Leighton, New York, 1990.

Specialist note

The New York jewelry firm of Wedderien was formed in the mid-1920's by former employees of Dreicer & Co., one of the leading jewelers in the world from the late 19th century until the 1920's. The founding members included watchmaker Albert Weddien, buyer Edwin J. Case, who had been the former acting president of Dreicer & Co., jeweler R. Helstern, and pearl stringer Minnie A. Morgan.

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