LEON VAGUER - Lot 250

LEON VAGUER 18k two-tone gold (750e) pendant brooch, featuring stylized leafy scrolls accented with small rose-cut diamonds and two old-cut diamonds, one of which is set as a pendant. French craftsmanship, circa 1900, bearing Léon Vaguer’s master’s hallmark. Gross weight: 8.10 g. Dimensions: 4 x 4 cm. Léon Vaguer (1857–1945) served as vice president of the Trade Association of Jewelers, Goldsmiths, and Silversmiths, as well as vice president of the Jewelers’ Orphanage for 17 years. An Officer of the Order of Public Instruction, he distinguished himself above all through his numerous international awards: a gold medal at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair, grand prizes in London (1890 and 1908), Saint Louis (1904), in Liège (1905), in Milan and Zaragoza (1908), and then in Brussels (1910). In total, out of the sixteen exhibitions in which he participated, he won five additional gold and silver medals.

Estimate:£500.55

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