MAGNIFICENT GOLD AND SILVER BARETTES forming... - Lot 20 - Maison des enchères

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MAGNIFICENT GOLD AND SILVER BARETTES forming... - Lot 20 - Maison des enchères
MAGNIFICENT GOLD AND SILVER BARETTES forming five stars, adorned with five cabochon rubies surrounded by seventy-eight old cut diamonds Gross weight : 19,52 g LFG certificate Ruby origin : Unheated Burmese Size of cabochons : from 1,20 ct to 2,30 ct Added pin Traces of soldering One of the cabochon of ruby égrisé Provenance: Count Foulques de Baillardel de Lareinty de Tholozan (1895-1944), A colorful character married to Princess Zénaïde Pavlona Demidoff (1899-1981), The couple settled in the castle of the Lake of Sigean where parties and big dinners followed one another in company of all the Russian aristocracy of the time of which Prince Youssoupov The Myamnar deposits near Mogok have been exploited for centuries. The ruby-rich layer is several meters underground, only one percent of the stones are of jewel quality and described as "pigeon's blood" in color.
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