Magnificent Jewels
Magnificent Jewels
Property of a Private Collector
Auction Closed
December 7, 08:52 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private Collector
Mauboussin | Sapphire, Ruby, Citrine and Diamond Clip-Brooch, France
Designed as a bouquet of flowers, decorated with round sapphires, rubies, citrines and diamonds, signed Mauboussin Paris, numbered 4909, with French assay and maker's marks; circa 1950.
#TheBroochisBack
Is the brooch back? Was it ever really out? Perhaps just waiting in the wings for a second act.
Without question, the brooch is the purist form of the jeweler’s art. It offers a totally unencumbered opportunity for expression without the constraints of fitting to a finger, wrist or neck. It affords great potential for three-dimensional renderings; if you can draw it, you can represent it in a brooch.
In order to embrace the brooch’s full potential, one must remember that it may be worn in a wide variety of ways. No need to stick to the lapel. Empress Elisabeth of Austria dressed her legendary locks with a galaxy of diamond starbursts. Mrs. Cole Porter wore her Cartier scarab brooch as a belt buckle. Princess Ira Fürstenberg wore a series of Tiffany dragon brooches—one offered here as lot 50—draped across her bare belly on gold chains. And who can forget Sarah Jessica Parker securing her GAP cardigan with a cluster of brooches at her hip, or adorning her evening glove at the Met Ball with a line of Victorian stunners?