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Mystery-set ruby and diamond 'holly leaf' brooch, Van Cleef & Arpels, New York
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
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The stylized holly leaf mystery-set with numerous square-cut rubies, the stem set with 15 baguette diamonds weighing approximately 3.00 carats, mounted in platinum, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered N.Y. 41433. With pouch.
Catalogue Note
The Duchess of Windsor owned a ruby and diamond clip by Van Cleef & Arpels designed as a pair of holly leaves, one leaf mystery-set with rubies as in the present brooch, the other set totally with diamonds. See the catalogue The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor, Sotheby's Geneva, April 2, 1987, lot 84.