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Brooches

A platinum mounted gem-set automotive brooch

English, circa 1900

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in the form of a motor car composed of platinum and gold set with diamonds, with an emerald cabochon in the headlamp, with rotating wheels, the slightly larger rear wheel denoting the model dates from circa 1900. The silhouette is redolent of Benz’s Ideal models (1898-1902).

Length: 3.4cm

Provenance

See no. 255 (pg 230) in ‘From Function to Fantasy, The Brooch: From 1200 BCE to the contemporary’ (Wartski, 2025).