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AN ANTIQUE CHALCEDONY, EMERALD AND DIAMOND SCENT BOTTLE, BY BOUCHERON
Designed as a black chalcedony cat with carved emerald eyes, enhanced by a rose-cut diamond collar with a gold bell, the head opening to reveal a scent bottle with stopper, mounted in silver and 18k gold, circa 1895, 2¼ x 1 x 1½ ins., with French assay marks and maker's mark, in a red leather fitted case
Signed FIC Boucheron for Frédéric Boucheron, Paris
Designed as a black chalcedony cat with carved emerald eyes, enhanced by a rose-cut diamond collar with a gold bell, the head opening to reveal a scent bottle with stopper, mounted in silver and 18k gold, circa 1895, 2¼ x 1 x 1½ ins., with French assay marks and maker's mark, in a red leather fitted case
Signed FIC Boucheron for Frédéric Boucheron, Paris
Literature
Judith Price, Masterpieces of Twentieth Century French Jewelry from American Collections, Running Press, Philadelphia, 2006, page 47
Exhibited
Boucheron, 130 Années de Creation et d'Emotion, Institut de France, Musée Jacquemart-Andre, Paris, 16 September - 21 October 1988, exhibition catalogue, no. 163