Fern Leaves Brooch

1903-1904

13.4 cm 7 cm

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This magnificent brooch is an outstanding example of Lalique's jewelry. Here, layered fern leaves, in opalescent cameo glass and green enamel, are connected by diamond-set "stalks." At the center a large cushion-shaped opal is mounted in a silver-gilt frame set with small diam...

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René Lalique exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904 [no. 34]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1904, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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