ART DECO NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND BROOCH, CHAUMET

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ART DECO NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND BROOCH, CHAUMET
Button-shaped natural pearl, old and baguette-cut diamonds, platinum and gold (French marks), circa 1935, 5.7 x 3.0 cm, maker's mark (Joseph Chaumet)
SSEF, 2020, report no. 114898: natural saltwater pearl, approximately 14.10-14.15 x 10.50 mm, slightly grey, no indications of artificial colour modification

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Chaumet was founded in 1780 by Marie-Etienne Nitot who, with his son, Francois Regnault Nitot, became the official jeweller to Napoléon I during the Consulate and the Empire. Among their achievements were the Consular sword, the tiara of Pius VII and the grand parures ordered by the Empresses Josephine and Marie-Louise. After the fall of Napoleon, the business continued under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Fossin and his son, Jules, both artists, who succeeded in capturing the spirit of Romanticism in jewellery just as Nitot & Fils had done for the Empire. In 1848, Jules Fossin set up a London branch in partnership with J.V. Morel, who was assisted by his son, Prosper. On his return to Paris in 1854, Prosper Morel joined Jules Fossin, whom he succeeded in 1868. Prosper Morel’s daughter married Joseph Chaumet in 1875. Chaumet had begun his jewellery career at the age of fifteen, working in his parents’ jewellery shop in Bordeaux. Upon moving to Paris, he was hired by his future father-in-law. By 1885, he assumed management of the firm. In 1889, Chaumet took over the company, simultaneously changing the name. Under his direction, the firm won prizes at all of the international exhibitions and supplied jewellery to many of the Royal houses of Europe.

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