A 14k gold brooch with a large opal. - image-1
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Lot 82 Dα

A 14k gold brooch with a large opal.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
12.11.2015, 17:00 - Jewellery and Boxes
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 4.960 € (incl. premium)

A 14k gold brooch with a large opal.

A 14k gold brooch with a large opal. Designed as a foliate oval disc centrally set with a vivid coloured opal cabochon (ca. 16 x 13,2 x 8,3 mm, ca. 7,68 ct). In the original, leather bound box marked "M. Hansen, Hofjuwelier Kiel". 4.8 x 3.8 cm. Weight 14.4 g.
Kiel, Hofjuwelier Hansen, 1st quarter 20th C.

The Hansen goldsmith company is today located in Hamburg but was founded in Kiel in 1814. Marten Heinrich Hansen (Nordstrand 1848 - Kiel 1919) was appointed court jeweller to the German emperor in 1888. He also created the prizes for the "Kieler Woche" regatta.