Lot 240
Lot 240
JEAN VENDOME BROCHE TRANSFORMABLE 'ÉCLAT' ET COLLIER-TORQUE QUARTZ RUTILÉ, SAPHIRS DE COULEUR, TOURMALINE ET DIAMANTS

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EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000
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JEAN VENDOME BROCHE TRANSFORMABLE 'ÉCLAT' ET COLLIER-TORQUE QUARTZ RUTILÉ, SAPHIRS DE COULEUR, TOURMALINE ET DIAMANTS

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Comprising a torque necklace and a brooch transformable into a pendant

Various-shaped rutiled quartz, oval coloured sapphires, fancy-shaped watermelon tourmaline, round brilliant-cut diamonds, 18k yellow gold (French marks), maker’s marks (Jean Vendome), circa 1988, Jean Vendome pouch

Size/Dimensions: necklace inner continuous circumference 37.5 cm, pendant/brooch 7.2 x 5.8 cm
Gross weight: 161.1 grams
Provenance
From a French private Jean Vendome jewels collector
Literature
S.Lefèvre, Jean Vendome, Artiste Joaillier, Somogy Edition d'Art/Arppam, Edition Museum de Lyon, 1999, p. 141 for a similar necklace
M.Crégut-Ledué, Jean Vendome, Les voyages précieux d'un créateur, Editions Faton, 2008, p. 306 for a similar necklace and p.307 for the brooch (unique piece)
P.Bariand, N. Bariand, Minéraux Passion, Editions Bordas, 1992, p.44 for the brooch (unique piece)
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