Live Auction 1371Jewels : The Geneva Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 74

A PAIR OF ART DECO 'GROSEILLIER' CULTURED PEARL EAR CLIPS AND BROOCH, BY RENÉ BOIVIN

Closed18 November 2009

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A PAIR OF ART DECO 'GROSEILLIER' CULTURED PEARL EAR CLIPS AND BROOCH, BY RENÉ BOIVIN
Comprising a brooch, of bombé design set with five graduated lines of cultured pearls each with central boule detail; and a pair of ear clips en suite, circa 1940, brooch 4.4 cm and ear clips 2.5 cm long, with French import marks for silver and gold
Signed R.Boivin (2)

Specialist note

Cf. Françoise Cailles, René Boivin Joaillier, les Editions de l'Amateur, 1994, cover and page 86, for a 'Groseillier' clip made in 1937, designed by Juliette Moutard