Sold for:
$4,113
$4,113
Arts & Crafts Plique- Sapphire Brooch, c. 1910, the circular form centering a bezel-set green sapphire, dia. measuring approx. 7.6 mm, within a green plique-a-jour lily pad motif decorated with wiretwist, 18kt gold mount, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, signed Tiffany & Co., (one bead detached, minor loss to plique). Literature: For similar examples, see The Jewelry and Enamels of Louis Comfort Tiffany, by Janet Zapata, Abrams, 1993, p. 122, plate 63. A similar example sold at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels, New York, April 8, 1998, lot 52.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-12-11
