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MARRET & BAUGRAND Set with transformation in 18K (750/000) y…
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28
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MARRET & BAUGRAND Set with transformation in 18K (750/000) y…
See original version (French)
Estimate €18,000 - €20,000
Voluntary lot
Description
MARRET & BAUGRAND
Set with transformation in 18K (750/000) yellow gold, comprising a brooch pendant, two corsage pins and a drapery necklace; the pendant decorated with foliate and shiny scrolls, all linked by palm link chains, holding pendants of old-cut diamonds, button or drop-shaped pearls.
Louis-Joseph & Charles Labitte (Labitte Frères) jeweller's hallmark (Insc. 1846)
Worked around 1865
Gross weight: 110.1 g.
Dimensions of the largest pearl: 7.92 x 10.68 x 7.03 mm.
H: 7 cm (brooch); W: 38.8 mm (necklace); H: 3.3 cm (pendants)
(untested pearls, one diamond missing from the brooch)
In its original red velvet case with a silver monogram "RD" under a count's crown, the inside cover in blue silk with gilt inscription "MARRET & BAUGRAND / Joailliers.Bijoutiers / DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR / 19. rue de la paix.
RUE DE LA PAIX.
Marret & Baugrand was one of the most prominent jewellers of the Second Empire. Established at 19 rue de la Paix in Paris, it distinguished itself from the 1850s onwards at the Universal Exhibitions, where its creations received several medals of honour. Supplying the Emperor Napoleon III, the company was appreciated for the finesse of its settings, the elegance of its compositions and the exceptional quality of its pearl and precious stone ornaments. In the spirit of the great historicist revival of the 19th century, Marret & Baugrand drew on Renaissance, Gothic and Byzantine repertoires, developing a refined and erudite style characteristic of the great Parisian jewellers of the Second Empire. After Gustave Baugrand's death in 1870, the firm's collection was taken over by Ernest Vever, a future great name in French jewellery.
Bibliography :
Henri Vever, La Bijouterie française au XIXème siècle, 1908, vol. II, p. 298-303.
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