Mellerio dits Meller

Collection of jewels, mid-19th century

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Lot Closed

May 16, 10:32 AM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Comprising: a bangle decorated with an engraved spray of lily-of-the-valley highlighted with seed pearls and rose diamonds, inner circumference approximately 155mm, maker's mark for Mellerio dits Meller, French assay marks for gold, fitted case stamped Mellerio dits Meller; a pendant decorated with a polychromous micro-mosaic scarab, on a gold mesh chain, length approximately 400mm, maker's mark for Mellerio dits Meller, French import mark for gold; and a brooch/pendant designed as a beetle centering a grey blister pearl, framed by rose diamonds, accented by cushion-shaped rubies, French import mark for gold; each unsigned.

Spectaculaire Second Empire, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2016-2017, where the scarab brooch/pendant and the micro-mosaic pendant were exhibited, items 108 and 116, pg. 130 in the catalogue.

Cf.: Emilie Bérard, Laure-Isabelle Mellerio and Diane-Sophie Lanselle, Mellerio - Le Joailler du Second Empire, Paris, 2016, pg. 37 for the lily-of-the-valley bangle dated circa 1870 and a design drawing of a similar bangle, pg. 60 for the scarab brooch/pendant dated circa 1865 and the micro-mosaic pendant dated circa 1850.