$18,750
DIAMOND PLATINUM FRUITING VINE DRESS CLIPS; Prong set OEC diamond berries nestle among meandering leafy bead-set diamond vines, ca. 1938. OEC and OMC diamonds approx. 19.8 cts. TW. 1 3/4" x 1 1/4". 25.9 dwt. Provenance: Estate of Helen and Leonard J. Buck. (Beginning in the 1930s, Leonard J. Buck privately developed one of the premier rock gardens in the eastern United States on his property in Somerset County, New Jersey. The Leonard J. Buck Garden, as it is now known, was donated to the Somerset County Park Commission by Mrs. Helen Buck in 1976.) Note: Similar diamond and platinum naturalism can be seen in "Leaf and Flower" bracelet by Verdura, from the estate of Brooke Astor.
Auctioneer:
Rago Auctions
Date:
2013-12-08
