Live Auction 15697Beyond Boundaries: Magnificent Jewels from a European Collection
AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL AND SYNTHETIC RUBY RING, BY RENÉ LALIQUE
Lot 11

AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL AND SYNTHETIC RUBY RING, BY RENÉ LALIQUE

Closed13 November 2017

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AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL AND SYNTHETIC RUBY RING, BY RENÉ LALIQUE
Modelled as a brown enamel naturalistic 'Lady Slipper' orchid, set with two small synthetic rubies, circa 1900, ring size 5 ¾, mounted in gold
Signed Lalique, with maker's mark for René Lalique

Specialist note

Cf. S. Barten, René Lalique: Schmuck und Objets d’Art, 1890-1910, Munich, Prestal-Verlag, 1977, p. 259, ill. 412 for the drawing of a similar motif
Cf. V. Becker, The Jewellery of René Lalique, London, The Goldsmiths' Company, 1987, p. 99, ill. 82 for a brooch and a pair of earrings of similar design