Brooch Art Nouveau woman in pink gold 18 karats. Oval brooch worked in openwork, with decoration of woman in profile surrounded by irises flowers. The elegant lady is adorned with a necklace of five rose-cut diamonds and an earring with a similarly cut diamond. The woman is treated to a gentle movement effect and lets the irises slip through her fingers. Art Nouveau brooch, circa 1910.
Eagle head hallmark and illegible goldsmith’s hallmark.
Dimensions: 26 x 36 mm
Note: the attachment system works. There is a fastener on the reverse side, probably to hold a last element, now missing.
Condition: oxidation, scratches from use
Art Nouveau ruby ring in 18 karat yellow gold and platinum. Antique ring of the Art Nouveau period decorated with a pigeon’s blood ruby and diamonds. In its center there is a cushion-cut ruby. The ruby is framed by two old-cut diamonds. The whole is surrounded by twelve rose-cut diamonds in a platinum beaded setting. The shoulders of the ring are embellished with leaves setted with diamonds. Art nouveau ring, circa 1910, France, Paris.
Marked with an eagle’s head and the mark of the goldsmith Georges Lavoipierre (active in Paris between 1906 and 1942).
Finger size : 53 EU or 6.5 US (possible to change)
A certificate was issued by the Bellerophon laboratory on 16/01/2023:
Characteristics of the ruby : Description : transparent gemstone
Weight : 0,31 carat approximately
Dimensions : 4.09 x 3.65 x 2.59 mm
Size : oval
Identification: natural ruby Colour: vivid red
Fluorescence : Strong red
Comment : no indication of heating
Geographical origin : Burma (Mogok, Myanmar). This ruby can be called “pigeon blood” on the trade.
Estimated weight of the main diamonds: 0.19 and 0.14 carat
Estimated total diamond weight: 0.47 carat
Condition : scratches from use. Visible with a loupe : a thin chip on the border of one diamond.
Jade cocktail ring in blackened 18 karat gold. The ring is adorned with a rose flower made of rubies, blooming on a plate of jade (variety Maw Sit Sit) of an intense green. The plate is surrounded by a green gradation of tsavorite garnets. The ring is made entirely of blackened gold, with an openwork wave pattern, encrusted with black diamonds. Contemporary ring attributed to Wendy Yue, unsigned.
Hallmark 750 inside the ring and Edinburgh hallmark
The main stone is a Maw Sit Sit jade belonging to the jadeite category. The only existing deposit is in Burma, it is a stone composed of six different minerals very rich in chromium which gives it its intense green color. It is extremely rare to find it in jewelry.
Finger size: 54 EU or 6,75 US (no adjustment possible, except for reduction)
Dimensions of the plate : 2 x 1,5 cm
Note : the invoice is not delivered with the ring.
Condition : scratches from use
Belle Epoque diamond ring in 18 karat white gold and platinum. In the center, 4 old-cut and 2 rose-cut diamonds are arranged in a scroll, framed by comma lines adorned with 14 rose-cut diamonds. French work from the Belle Epoque period (1895-1914)
Eagle’s head hallmark and goldsmith’s mark L.P.
Finger size: 48 UE or 4,5 US (adjustment possible)
Dimensions: 20 x 12 mm
Condition: wears
Note: A rhodium plating has been done.
Estimated diamond weight : 0.55 carat
Weight: 4.66 gr
Austrian poppy flower brooch in 14 karat white gold. Retro brooch forming a poppy with pink agate petals, tinted. The heart of the flower is made of onyx centered with an old cut diamond. The leaves are finely executed in nephrite jade. The agate, onyx and nephrite have been carved by hand. The white gold stem is set with five rose-cut diamonds. Austrian vintage jewel of the 1940s/1950s, Vienna, signed R.T.
Austrian hallmark for 14 karat gold, mark “585”, R.T. goldsmith’s hallmark
This work is similar to the Austrian Hugler’s House of the same period.
Dimensions: 47 mm x 21 mm
Estimated diamond weight: 0.05 carat
Note: the clasp and its security are working Condition : scratches from use
Tank ruby diamond scroll ring in yellow, pink and white gold 18 karat. Beautiful tank ring decorated in the centre of eight diamonds (brilliant cut and 8/8) in a white gold setting. The central diamonds are surrounded by two lines of four calibrated rubies. This geometric composition of rubies and diamonds is itself framed by two high-volume gold scrolls set with two lines of nine 88-cut diamonds. The jeweller and goldsmith plays with the volumes, the curved and geometric lines and the colours of the gold. Tank ring from 1945.
Octagonal hallmark “18” inside the ring
Finger size: 60 EU or 9 US (can be cut to size)
Dimensions of the ring head: 12 mm x 22 mm x 11 mm
Antique Augis ring “more than yesterday less than tomorrow” in yellow gold 18 karats (750), signed. The ring is surmounted by an oval plate delicately worked in laurel leaves, which have slightly faded with time. The ring is soberly decorated and separates into two strands of gold on the edges of the tray. The “+” sign is set with five diamonds and the “-” sign is set with a baguette cut treated natural ruby. This refers to a quote from a letter from Rosmonde Gérard, the poetess, to her love Edmond Rostand, the author of Cyrano de Bergerac: “For, you see, every day I love you more, Today more than yesterday and much less than tomorrow”. Inspired by these two lovers, Alphonse Augis takes up these verses in his “medals of love” by condensing them into “+ than yesterday – than tomorrow”.
French work of the 1930s.
Eagle head hallmark, signed A.A.
Finger size : 53 UE or 6,25 (possible to change)
Dimensions of the bezel : 14.7 mm x 11.7 mm
Estimated weight of the ruby : 0.04 carat
Note : the two synthetic rubies have been replaced by a natural treated ruby. Condition: one scroll on each side of the ring is eroded, patina of use on some chisels.
Art Deco diamond brooch in platinum and 18 karat white gold. With its straight geometric lines and openwork design, this octagonal brooch is in keeping with the typical trends of the Art Deco period. It is representative of the white jewellery that was in fashion at the time. The jewel is entirely paved with 77 old and rose-cut diamonds. One bigger diamond sits in the centre of the composition. This diamond weighs approximately 0.32 carat. Early 20th century jewel, circa 1920-1930.
Eagle head and dog head hallmarks
Dimensions: 17 mm x 49 mm
Estimated weight of the central diamond : 0.32 carat approximately
Total estimated weight of the diamonds : 1.80 carat