AN EXQUISITE DIAMOND

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Van Cleef & Arpels AN EXQUISITE DIAMOND, ONYX AND DEMANTOID GARNET WASP BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Realistically designed as a wasp clutching an old European-cut diamond, the single-cut diamond arched body enhanced by calibré-cut onyx banding, extending table-cut diamond wings accented by calibré-cut demantoid garnets, to the marquise-cut diamond head, mounted in platinum, (inscribed "Country of Origin: France"), circa 1927 Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, no. 35122, N.Y., no. 255

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