A carved moonstone and diamond brooch
English, circa 1888
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
See no. 255 (pg 230) in ‘From Function to Fantasy, The Brooch: From 1200 BCE to the contemporary’ (Wartski, 2025).
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