Auction: Fine Jewelry - 2561BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 13, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Art Deco Platinum, Sapphire, and Diamond Leaf Brooch, Paul Flato, set with a cushion-cut sapphire measuring approx. 6.50 x 6.50 x 4.00 mm, and two old European-cut diamonds weighing approx. 1.12 and 1.20 cts., further set with old mine-, old European-, and single-cut diamonds, 1 1/2 x 1 3/8 in., signed, with photocopy of receipt dated December 3, 1935.
Note: The receipt states: "Remounting one Sapphire and two Diamond Ring and 66 small Diamonds as Brooch, supplying 50 Diamonds." Similar leaf brooches by Flato are pictured in Paul Flato Jeweler to the Stars, by Elizabeth Irvine Bray, chapter 2.
Estimate $30,000-40,000