拍品專文
Cf. Natasha Kuzmanovic, Yard: The Life and Magnificent Jewelry of Raymond C. Yard, Vendome Press, New York, 2007, page 177
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A SAPPHIRE, DIAMOND AND RUBY BROOCH, BY RAYMOND YARD
Designed as a squatting lion, with a cabochon sapphire head, and collet-set diamond eyes and mouth, with sculpted platinum whiskers, extending a sculpted gold mane, to the circular and single-cut diamond and calibré-cut sapphire body, with calibré-cut ruby feet, mounted in platinum and gold, circa 1957
Signed Yard for Raymond Yard
Designed as a squatting lion, with a cabochon sapphire head, and collet-set diamond eyes and mouth, with sculpted platinum whiskers, extending a sculpted gold mane, to the circular and single-cut diamond and calibré-cut sapphire body, with calibré-cut ruby feet, mounted in platinum and gold, circa 1957
Signed Yard for Raymond Yard
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An identical brooch was purchased by Norman B. Woolworth for his daughter.
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Lisa Weston