A gold and lapis lazuli demi parure - image-1

Lot 139 Dα

A gold and lapis lazuli demi parure

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
17.11.2016, 16:30 - Jewellery, Boxes and Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.488 € (incl. premium)

A gold and lapis lazuli demi parure

Hand-forged chain collier interspersed with five moulded plaques set with lapis lazuli cabochons (ca. 7.8 x 9.2 mm), with corresponding earrings. In the original case. Stamped fineness 585, maker's mark "KRU". L 39 cm. Earrings: H 1.5 cm. Total weight 48 g.
Käthe Ruckenbrod (Pforzheim 1905 - Ziegelhausen 1989).

Born in Pforzheim, Käthe Ruckenbrod visited the college of applied arts there and owned a goldsmith's workshop in Ziegelhausen near Heidelberg as of 1929.