A MOONSTONE, SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND "LA MEDUSE" BROOCH, BY JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO.

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A MOONSTONE, SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND "LA MEDUSE" BROOCH, BY JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO.
Designed as a jellyfish, the body set with a domed cluster of cabochon moonstones, accented by circular-cut diamonds, extending curling textured gold and baguette-cut sapphire tentacles and flexible polished gold tentacles, mounted in 18k gold and platinum, in a Tiffany & Co. black suede case
Signed Tiffany & Co., Schlumberger Studios for Jean Schlumberger, France

Lot Essay

Cf. Chantal Bizot, The Jewels of Jean Schlumberger, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 2001, page 26 and back cover

Cf. John Loring, Tiffany Colored Gems, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 2007, pages 182-183 and 185

Cf. John Loring, Tiffany's 20th Century: A Portrait of American Style, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1997, page 157

Cf. Franco Maria Ricci, Ed., Bijoux de Jean Schlumberger, 1976, page 127

Cf. Suzanne Tennenbaum and Janet Zapata, The Jeweled Menagerie: The World of Animals in Gems, Thames & Hudson, 2001, pages 166-167

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