$23,700
Yellow Sapphire, Citrine and Diamond Spray Brooch, Van Cleef & Arpels, New York, c. 1939, each petal composed of cushion-cut yellow sapphires and oval-cut citrines centering clusters of diamond melee, gold mount, 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 in., no. 768, signed Van Cleef & Arpels NY. Note: A similar spray brooch is pictured in Van Cleef & Arpels, by Sylvie Raulet, p. 200. VCA Brooch one yellow sapphire a little more saturated than the otheres, one with dark crystals, a few minor facet nicks and abrasions definitely a New York brooch, not French
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-03-18