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A RARE "MYSTERY-SET" RUBY AND DIAMOND BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
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A RARE "MYSTERY-SET" RUBY AND DIAMOND BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Designed as two calibré-cut ruby laurel leaves, enhanced by calibré-cut diamond stems, mounted in platinum and 18k gold, 1936, with French assay marks and maker's marks, in a Garrard blue leather fitted case
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, no. 45504
Designed as two calibré-cut ruby laurel leaves, enhanced by calibré-cut diamond stems, mounted in platinum and 18k gold, 1936, with French assay marks and maker's marks, in a Garrard blue leather fitted case
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, no. 45504
Literature
Van Cleef & Arpels, Diffusion Paris-Musées, Paris, 1992, page 80
Further Details
According to Van Cleef & Arpels, this brooch was made in the Langlois workshop in Paris. This was the only Van Cleef & Arpels workshop which specialized in mystery-set jewelry from the 1930s.
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