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Lot 181
Two antique gem-set brooches
Fermé19 June 2013
Prix réalisé
GBP 1,500
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Two antique gem-set brooches
The first modelled as a phoenix on a floral branch, set throughout with vari-cut emeralds, rubies and diamonds in foiled closed-back settings, extensive repairs, some stones later replacements, 5.0cm wide; the second modelled as a butterfly, the body set with table-cut diamonds in foiled-back settings, the wings decorated with vari-coloured enamel and diamond-set trefoil motifs, extensive re-enamelling, damages and repairs, 4.8cm long
Partially illustrated (2)
The first modelled as a phoenix on a floral branch, set throughout with vari-cut emeralds, rubies and diamonds in foiled closed-back settings, extensive repairs, some stones later replacements, 5.0cm wide; the second modelled as a butterfly, the body set with table-cut diamonds in foiled-back settings, the wings decorated with vari-coloured enamel and diamond-set trefoil motifs, extensive re-enamelling, damages and repairs, 4.8cm long
Partially illustrated (2)
Two antique gem-set brooches
The first modelled as a phoenix on a floral branch, set throughout with vari-cut emeralds, rubies and diamonds in foiled closed-back settings, extensive repairs, some stones later replacements, 5.0cm wide; the second modelled as a butterfly, the body set with table-cut diamonds in foiled-back settings, the wings decorated with vari-coloured enamel and diamond-set trefoil motifs, extensive re-enamelling, damages and repairs, 4.8cm long
Partially illustrated (2)
The first modelled as a phoenix on a floral branch, set throughout with vari-cut emeralds, rubies and diamonds in foiled closed-back settings, extensive repairs, some stones later replacements, 5.0cm wide; the second modelled as a butterfly, the body set with table-cut diamonds in foiled-back settings, the wings decorated with vari-coloured enamel and diamond-set trefoil motifs, extensive re-enamelling, damages and repairs, 4.8cm long
Partially illustrated (2)
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. Please be advised that a purchasers inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).