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    • 1900

    • Comprising four translucent blue guilloché enamel panels each within a chased floral
      frame and applied portrait and bouquet plaques with festoon and circular-cut diamond
      collet connections, length 18.1 cm, c. 1900, with French and Russian assay marks,
      signed ‘L. Gautrait’, maker’s mark for Léon Gariod.

  • Catalogue Essay


    Lucien Gautrait (1865-1937) was the chief-engraver for the Parisian jeweller Leon Gariod who together worked for the Maison Vever. Vever described Gautrait's work as being executed with a rare perfection and charming. Known pieces of Gautrait's work show him to be a highly skilled gold chaser, imbueing form with movement and life. This
    can be
    seen specifically within this bracelet, notably in the beribboned swag festoons and guilloche enamel ground, and the female portrait plaques. This bracelet bears the signature ' L. Gautrait' in two places, to the rear of one of the plaque panels, and
    also to the rear of one of the ribbon-ends; the maker's mark for Leon Gariod, 'LG' within a vertical lozenge on the
    tongue of the clasp. The combination of French assay marks and Russian import marks indicates this piece was made in France for the Russian market before 1908.

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A gold and enamel bracelet, attributed to Vever

1900

Comprising four translucent blue guilloché enamel panels each within a chased floral
frame and applied portrait and bouquet plaques with festoon and circular-cut diamond
collet connections, length 18.1 cm, c. 1900, with French and Russian assay marks,
signed ‘L. Gautrait’, maker’s mark for Léon Gariod.


Estimate
£10,000 - 12,000 

Jewels

7 June 2011
London