A LATE 19TH CENTURY DIAMOND AND ENAMEL SWALLOW BROOCH, C1890

A LATE 19TH CENTURY DIAMOND AND ENAMEL SWALLOW BROOCH, C1890, decorated with pale grey enamel and old circular-cut diamonds in silver and gold, detachable brooch fitting with French maker's lozenge EB bisected with a trefoil, length 11cm

Cf. for a very similar brooch in white enamel with the same maker's lozenge, sold for $110,500 see Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels, New York, 20th April 2010, Lot 493

Cf. for a similar brooch and drawing of a brooch by René Lalique illustrated in Yvonne Brunhammer, René Lalique: Exceptional Jewellery 1890-1912, p.18, cat.2 and cat.3