~A RETRO DIAMOND AND MULTI-GEM "JEEP DE LA LIBERATION" BROOCH, BY MAUBOUSSIN
Lot 179

~A RETRO DIAMOND AND MULTI-GEM "JEEP DE LA LIBERATION" BROOCH, BY MAUBOUSSIN

Closed7 December 2010

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USD 4,000

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~A RETRO DIAMOND AND MULTI-GEM "JEEP DE LA LIBERATION" BROOCH, BY MAUBOUSSIN
Designed as an 18k gold jeep, the hood set with a circular and single-cut diamond star and the windshield set with mother-of-pearl panes, the flatbed containing a spray of circular-cut ruby and sapphire flower blossoms, with circular and single-cut diamond accents and sculpted gold leaves, mounted in 18k gold and platinum, circa 1945, with French assay marks
Signed Mauboussin, no. 2760

Specialist note

Cf. Marguerite de Cerval, Mauboussin, Editions du Regard, Paris, 1992, pages 149 and 158