A cast iron necklace with butterflies - image-1

Lot 256 Dα

A cast iron necklace with butterflies

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 5.750 € (incl. premium)

A cast iron necklace with butterflies

Black patinated cast iron. Designed as a strand of 17 pierced links, eight of which formed as butterflies, and a clasp formed as a pair of hands. L 43 cm.
Berlin, attributed to Siméon Pierre Devaranne, c. 1840 - 50.

Provenance

The C. Lith collection.

Literature

Cf. cat. Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, no. 287, the clasp under no. 285. An identical necklace sold in Lempertz Berlin auction 1150 on 25th April 2020, lot 317.