A RETRO DIAMOND, SAPPHIRE AND RUBY "ROCKETTE" BROOCH, BY JOHN RUBEL
Lot 32 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK FOUNDATION

A RETRO DIAMOND, SAPPHIRE AND RUBY "ROCKETTE" BROOCH, BY JOHN RUBEL

Closed11 December 2008

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USD 16,250

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A RETRO DIAMOND, SAPPHIRE AND RUBY "ROCKETTE" BROOCH, BY JOHN RUBEL
Designed as an openwork circle of six Rockette dancers, each with a circular-cut diamond face and a sculpted gold dress decorated with either circular-cut rubies or sapphires, interspersed with single-cut diamonds, joined by garlands of circular-cut rubies or sapphires, mounted in gold, circa 1945
Signed John Rubel Co.

Specialist note

Cf. Penny Proddow and Debra Healy, American Jewelry: Glamour and Tradition, Rizzoli, New York, 1987, page 148