Aquamarine, natural pearl and diamond brooches, Georges Fouquet, 1908, later tiara fitting
Accompanied by SSEF report no. 77058, stating that twenty-two pearls were found to be natural, saltwater, and eight were found to be natural blister pearls.
Cf: Marie-Noël de Gary, ed. A. Kenneth Snowman, 'Fouquet',
The Master Jewelers, London, 1990, pgs. 166 and 171, for an illustration and discussion on the original tiara by Fouquet.
Cf: Charlotte Gere and Geoffrey C. Munn, Artists' Jewellery: Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts, London, 1989, pg. 219, colour plate 99 for an illustration of this tiara, with the later fitting.
Cf: ed. Marie-Noël de Gary, Les Fouquet: Bijoutiers & Joailliers à Paris 1860-1960, Paris, 1989, pg. 90 for an illustration of the original tiara.