AN IMPORTANT EMERALD, ONYX AND DIAMOND PENDENT NECKLACE, BY GEORGES FOUQUET
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AN IMPORTANT EMERALD, ONYX AND DIAMOND PENDENT NECKLACE, BY GEORGES FOUQUET

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AN IMPORTANT EMERALD, ONYX AND DIAMOND PENDENT NECKLACE, BY GEORGES FOUQUET
The hexagonal onyx plaque pendant set with a cabochon emerald, with diamond-set corners and pendant hoop, to the diamond and enamel-set chain, 1925, pendant 6.8 cm, chain 66.0 cm, with French marks for platinum
Signed G. Fouquet, no. 19600, with maker's mark for Georges Fouquet
Accompanied by report no. 92642 dated 7 June 2017 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the origin of the emerald is Colombia, with moderate amount of oil.
Provenance
Michel Perinet
Literature
M.-N. de Gary, Les Fouquet, Bijoutiers & Joailliers à Paris 1860-1960, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1983, p. 162, ill. 113 for a photograph of this jewel
Exhibited
Paris, International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, April - October 1925
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