MAUBOUSSIN 1940'S REFLECTIONS 18 KT RETRO BROOCH 12.72 Cts BURMA RUBIES GIA CERTIFIED

NICE BROOCH DESIGNED BY TRABERT & HOEFFER-MAUBOUSSIN.

GREAT HISTORICAL PIECE OF JEWELRY, FROM THE FRENCH-AMERICAN ART DECO-RETRO PERIODS. CREATED BY THM IN THE 1940'S AND PART OF THE ICONIC COLLECTION CALLED, "REFLECTIONS". 

IS HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS YELLOW GOLD AND SUITED WITH A HINGED DOUBLE STICKS PINS, ONE OF THEM WITH A TROMBONE LOCK.

PRONG SET WITH 6 CALIBRATED DOUBLE CABOCHONS ROUNDS CUTS (7 mm) OF NATURAL BURMA RED RUBIES, WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 12.72 CARATS. THE GEMSTONES ARE VIVID RED PIGEON BLOOD, NOT HEATED OR TREATED, HAVE GREAT RED SATURATION AND ARE TRANSPARENT WITH NO INCLUSSIONS.

THIS BROOCH HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 27.6 Grams. AND A MEASURES OF 77 mm (3.03 Inches) BY 62 mm (2.44 Inches).

STAMPED WITH THE SERIAL NUMBER AND THE HALLMARKS, "TRABERT & HOEFFER-MAUBOUSSIN REFLECTION .750 5853".

LITERATURE: THE JEWELS OF TRABERT & HOEFFER MAUBOUSSIN, YVONNE J. MARKOWITZ, MFA PUBLICATIONS 2014. Pp 88-89 ILLUSTRATIONS 12 and 23 FOR VERY SIMILAR EXAMPLES.

PROVENANCE: ACQUIRED IN THE 1950, AT THE TRABERT & HOEFFER-MAUBOUSSIN STORE IN LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI FLORIDA. A PRIVATE COLLECTION FROM MIAMI.

COLLATERAL: THIS PIECE IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE GIA LABORATORY REPORT, 2211505947 STATING IS A NATURAL BURMA RUBY, TRANSPARENT AND NOT HEATED.

IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION, WITH GREAT EYE APPEAL AND HAVE ALL THE REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL VINTAGE PATINA. A SERIOUS COLLECTOR'S PIECE.

INVENTORY REF: B0000AOEN/.6634