AN ART DÉCO GEM-SET VANITY CASE, BY LACLOCHE FRÈRES
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AN ART DÉCO GEM-SET VANITY CASE, BY LACLOCHE FRÈRES

Closed14 November 2017

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AN ART DÉCO GEM-SET VANITY CASE, BY LACLOCHE FRÈRES
The rectangular quartz cover applied with various flowerheads set with turquoise, onyx, sodalite, quartz and diamond, within a rose-cut diamond surround, to the black enamel case and pearl push piece, circa 1925, 8.5x4.8x1.2 cm, 183 gr, with French assay marks for gold and UK import marks, in brown Lacloche Frères pouch
Signed Lacloche Frères Paris, nos. 57451 3765, with maker's mark for Strauss, Allard & Meyer
Please note that the pearl has not been tested for natural origin.

Specialist note

Cf. Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era, The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection, New York. Thames & Hudson, 2017, p. 178-179 for illustrations of a similar vanity case by Lacloche Frères manufactured by Strauss, Allard & Meyer