Auction: Fine Jewelry - 2471Location: BostonDate / Time: September 15, 2009 10:00AM
Description:
Art Deco Platinum, Carved Sapphire, Onyx, and Diamond Brooch, designed as a balustrade, set throughout with old single-cut diamonds, the flower pot brimming with carved sapphire and diamond melee foliage, and onyx beads, pearl accent, approx. total diamond wt. 1.75 cts., millegrain highlights, lg. 1 5/8 in.
Note: A similar ArtDeco brooch is pictured in "Brooches: Timeless Adornment" by Lori Ettlinger Gross, p. 48.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Balustrade Brooch
minute nicks to two sapphires
pleasant face up white diamonds
pinstem with some minute areas of goldish solder, possible from the making