V is for Vever
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Two hundred years of history mark the rare, discreet and naturalistic heritage of one of Paris's most charming jewelry houses. Vever. Yellow gold cruciform pendant brooch mounted with a blue-grey star sapphire cabochon highlighted by three platinum finials set with rose-cut diamonds, plique-à-jour enameled lanceolate frames, adaptable pin, h. 6.5 cm/2.55 in, 22.82 g/0.80 oz.Thursday, December 6, 2018, Room 15 - Hôtel Drouot. Fraysse & Associés OVV. Cabinet Déchaut-Stetten & Associés.Result: €21,523 As the nineteenth century faded into the twentieth, what quickly set Henri Vever apart from his contemporaries was his fervor for Art Nouveau, a passion he shared with René Lalique,