Designed as a rose and old-cut diamond floral spray, centered by a similarly-set flower mounted en tremblant, tied with a rose-cut diamond ribbon, circa 1885, 6 ins., mounted in silver and rose gold, accompanied by an assortment of six hair and brooch fittings, in an initialed leather fitted case signed by Alphonse Fouquet, Paris.

Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's New York, Magnificent Jewels, 23-24 October 1996, Lot 228

Literature: Cf. The Belle Epoque of French Jewelry, 1850-1910, Thomas Heneage & Co Ltd, London, 1990, p. 130