Live Auction 16184Interiors: New York Visions
FOUR SIMULATED GEM, ENAMEL AND GILT METAL SEASHELL PINS
Lot 178

FOUR SIMULATED GEM, ENAMEL AND GILT METAL SEASHELL PINS

BY KENNETH JAY LANE, CIRCA 1970-1990

Closed6 June 2018

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USD 625

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FOUR SIMULATED GEM, ENAMEL AND GILT METAL SEASHELL PINS
BY KENNETH JAY LANE, CIRCA 1970-1990
Comprising two Verdura-inspired large shells, one with simulated emerald and cream enamel, the other with simulated amethyst and black enamel; a black enamel conch shell with faux-pearls and a small scallop shell, signed Kenneth Lane and KJL
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) wide, the large shells

Specialist note

See Kenneth Jay Lane and Harrice Simons Miller, Kenneth Jay Lane, Faking It, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1992, p. 39, for highly comparable example of the two large shell pins.