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Luxurious Art Deco Platinum Brooch with Diamonds & Sapphires, Schelhaas Brothers, Zurich circa 1925


€ 4,980.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Luxurious Art Deco Platinum Brooch with Diamonds & Sapphires, Schelhaas Brothers, Zurich circa 1925
Luxurious Art Deco Platinum Brooch with Diamonds & Sapphires, Schelhaas Brothers, Zurich circa 1925
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The brooch presented here could hardly have been more finely executed: Delicate hand-sawn shadow gaps, meticulous millegrains, a scalloped edge of rose-cut diamonds, and calibré-cut sapphires add a seemingly endless wealth of detail to the design's basic oval shape. The slight three-dimensionality of the brooch is particularly refined. Its surface first curves forward from the outside to the inside and then recedes, with the band formed by the sapphires. Only the three larger diamonds in the center are then moved back towards the viewer and thus subtly yet clearly emphasized. Large, oval brooches made of platinum were a must in any high-end jewelry collection in the 1920s and 1930s. To keep them from appearing too compact and massive, one used tricks such as to pierce the precious metal with delicate ornaments. Worn especially on dark fabric, they form a charming contrast with the white of the diamonds and platinum; the impression is created of a precious structure made of fine lace. 109 diamonds totaling about 1.35 ct glitter here between the delicate arabesques. The brooch is a masterpiece of craftsmanship, one of those pieces which could never be copied cheaply - but which can only be created through many hours of skilled handwork. We were able to discover the brooch in Zurich. It has been well preserved in its original antique case by the Schelhaas brothers, who ran a jewellery store with their own workshop at Bahnhofstrasse 36 in Zurich in the 1920s. Today, Gübelin is located at the same address.
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Luxurious Art Deco Platinum Brooch with Diamonds & Sapphires, Schelhaas Brothers, Zurich circa 1925
Zurich Lace
€ 4,980.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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