A gold and silver diamond-set corsage ornament "en pampille" - image-1
A gold and silver diamond-set corsage ornament "en pampille" - image-2
A gold and silver diamond-set corsage ornament "en pampille" - image-1A gold and silver diamond-set corsage ornament "en pampille" - image-2

Lot 46 Dα

A gold and silver diamond-set corsage ornament "en pampille"

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
14.05.2018, 17:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 27.280 € (incl. premium)

A gold and silver diamond-set corsage ornament "en pampille"

Designed as a hanging rose sprig with buds, blossoms, and foliage, suspending cascading tendrils. Set with rose-cut diamonds and 23 large Dutch rose-cut diamonds in foiled settings (of generally fine colour and purity). The large pear-cut diamonds each ca. 10/11 x 7.8/9 mm). The hanging tendrils removable. In the original case. Original brooch fittings and some small droplets missing. Minimal breakages. With later hanging loop. Minor old tin soldered repairs to the reverse. H max. 16 cm. Weight 121 g.
Belgium, ca. 1840/50.

Provenance

Old family ownership, Ghent.

Literature

Cf. Bennet/Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, 2011, p. 118, pl. 112.