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Lucien Gautrait for Vever "Peacock" Pendant Brooch
SOLD
$75,000
Created circa 1900 for Vever, French Art Nouveau opal and diamond peacock pendant brooch with plique-à-jour enamel by Lucien Gautraut is set in 18K gold. The chased and engraved peacock's outstretched wings are accented in plique-à-jour enamel in green, blue and pale tones, with shaped opal eyespots, and round and rose-cut diamond accents, suspending an opal drop. A beautifully modeled and chiseled form, masterfully enameled by Gautrait, this exceptional Art Nouveau peacock is a resonant symbol of this brief and meaningful period in art.
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Item #: BO-21508
Artist: Lucien Gautrait for Vever, Paris
Country: France
Circa: 1900-1901
Dimensions: 2.50" length, 2.75" width.
Materials: Round and rose-cut diamonds; one opal drop; 12 shaped cabochon opals; Plique-à-jour enamel; 18K gold
Signed: L.Gautrait and VEVER PARIS, numbered: 2690, with Eagle's head assay mark
Literature: A similar brooch is pictured in Art Nouveau Jewellery, by Vivienne Becker, p. 111. Also see a similar pendant 965-1901 by Gautrait in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acquired in 1901 at the Salon de la Société des Artistes, as well as at the Schmuckmuseum in Pforzheim. The Pforzheim jewel is pictured in René Lalique: Exceptional Jewelry 1890-1912, ed. Yvonne Brunhammer, p.228.
L. Gautrait (1865-1937) was the collaborator of Léon Gariod from 1897 to 1920, for whom he created the models and the carving of remarkable Art Nouveau jewelry, some for the house VEVER