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PROBABLY RUSSIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A SILVER-TOPPED GOLD-MOUNTED DIAMOND AND MOONSTONE BROOCH
PROBABLY RUSSIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Oval, centring a cabochon moonstone within a diamond-set border, with a later pin and loop, marked on later pin
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) wide
PROBABLY RUSSIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Oval, centring a cabochon moonstone within a diamond-set border, with a later pin and loop, marked on later pin
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired by Abdolhossein Teymourtash (1883-1933) in Russia in the 1920s.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Special Notice
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