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Lot 9
A TWIN MONKEYS BROOCH
Closed6 April 2016
Price Realised
GBP 2,125
More Information
A TWIN MONKEYS BROOCH
Mounted in silver and gold, the upper monkey seated on a bar suspending a swinging monkey, the fronts with old, single and rose-cut diamonds and reverse-set diamonds, the upper monkey with ruby eyes and head accents, the hanging monkey with ruby eyes, orange gem head and set to the reverse with half-pearls and imitation turquoise, later set, some stones deficient, mounts circa 1890
Mounted in silver and gold, the upper monkey seated on a bar suspending a swinging monkey, the fronts with old, single and rose-cut diamonds and reverse-set diamonds, the upper monkey with ruby eyes and head accents, the hanging monkey with ruby eyes, orange gem head and set to the reverse with half-pearls and imitation turquoise, later set, some stones deficient, mounts circa 1890
A TWIN MONKEYS BROOCH
Mounted in silver and gold, the upper monkey seated on a bar suspending a swinging monkey, the fronts with old, single and rose-cut diamonds and reverse-set diamonds, the upper monkey with ruby eyes and head accents, the hanging monkey with ruby eyes, orange gem head and set to the reverse with half-pearls and imitation turquoise, later set, some stones deficient, mounts circa 1890
Mounted in silver and gold, the upper monkey seated on a bar suspending a swinging monkey, the fronts with old, single and rose-cut diamonds and reverse-set diamonds, the upper monkey with ruby eyes and head accents, the hanging monkey with ruby eyes, orange gem head and set to the reverse with half-pearls and imitation turquoise, later set, some stones deficient, mounts circa 1890
This lot is offered without reserve.
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).
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