Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A Belle Époque diamond bracelet by Boucheron, the hinged panels centred with laurel leaves within straight line borders and with three foliate sections repeated to the clasp, millegrain-set overall with graduated circular-cut diamonds, also wearable as a bandeau, signed Boucheron Paris, 19cm

Provenance: Originally purchased by Ernest George Raphael (1869-1945) for his wife Flora Cecilia, née Sassoon. Famous for his Raphael's Bank, he lived at 38 Hill Street, Mayfair, which is now the Naval Club. They were great socialites and Flora had her portrait painted by John Singer Sargent. The bracelet is currently the property of the Granddaughter of Ernest Raphael.