Schlumberger
Diamond Brooch
Auction Closed
January 27, 04:10 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 50,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Designed as a starfish interlaced with polished gold seaweed, pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds and centring a similarly shaped diamond.
- Central diamond weighing 3.10 carats
- Dimensions approximately 65 x 69mm
- Signed Schlumberger
- French assay mark for 18 carat gold and maker’s mark for Robert Duhem
- Accompanied by a gemological report
- Circa 1956
- Gross weight 33.74 grams
Kristie Couser, Jean Schlumberger - The Rachel Lamber Mellon Collection from the Virginia Museum of Replica Handbags s, New Haven, 2018, p. 40 for an identical brooch dated to 1956.
Chantal Bizot, Marie-Noël de Gary and Évelyne Possémé, The Jewels of Jean Schlumberger, Paris, 1995, p. 24 no. 28 for brooch of identical design dated to 1959.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Sylvain Cordier, Head of Department at the Virginia Museum of Replica Handbags s, for his contribution to the expertise of the Jean Schlumberger pieces.
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