ART NOUVEAU OPAL, EMERALD, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL PENDANT/BROOCH, HENRI VEVER
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ART NOUVEAU OPAL, EMERALD, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL PENDANT/BROOCH, HENRI VEVER

Closed15 May 2019

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ART NOUVEAU OPAL, EMERALD, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL PENDANT/BROOCH, HENRI VEVER
Cabochon and drop-shaped opals, fancy-cut emeralds, vari-cut diamonds, multi-coloured enamel, gold (French mark), circa 1900, pendant with detachable fitting for wear as a brooch, necklace 53.5 cm, pendant 6.6 cm, signed Vever, no. 2819, brooch fitting with maker's mark for Léon Gariod, brown Vever fitted case

Specialist note

Identical pendant/brooches by Leopold Gautrait have been illustrated in several jewellery books and form part of the permanent collection at the V&A museum of London.

Lucien Léopold Gautrait was born in France in 1865. He worked in close collaboration with the jeweller Léon Gariod until the beginning of the 1920s. Being considered a talented jewel designer, Gautrait worked with numerous jewellers of the Art Nouveau period, including Henri Vever.