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Emil Lettré

Hanau 1876 – 1954 Berlin

Rock crystal "Brusthänger“ pendant with gold chain. Circa 1920

834/- yellow gold (20 ct), embossed, chased; rock crystal, cut. 8,7 cm / 62 cm (3 ⅜ in. / 24 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Emil Lettré. Rock crystal

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 7,070

 

- 9,420

Sold for:

20,625 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.11.2017

Information

834/- yellow gold (20 ct), embossed, chased; rock crystal, cut. 8,7 cm / 62 cm (3 ⅜ in. / 24 ⅜ in.). On the eyelet the master's mark: L in a circle. Total weight: 60 g.

Estate Emil Lettré

International Exhibition of modern Jewellery 1890-1961, Goldsmiths’ Hall and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961, cat. no. 535 / Carl-Wolfgang Schümann (ed.):Emil Lettré. Andreas Moritz. Zwei deutsche Silberschmiede im 20. Jahrhundert. exhibition cat., Cologne, 1976, cat. no. 20, ill. 33 / Die Berliner Goldschmiede Emil Lettré und Herbert Zeitner, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, 2010 (no catalogue)

Emil Lettré: Juwelen einst und jetzt. Potsdam, 1946, no page numbers, full-size illustration / Graham Hughes: Modern Jewelry. An International Survey, 1890–1963. New York, 1963, no. 236, p. 130 / Christianne Weber: Schmuck der 20er und 30er Jahre in Deutschland. Künstlerschmuck des Art Déco und der Neuen Sachlichkeit. Stuttgart, 1990, p. 242, no. 436

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