**AN ART DECO, ONYX, CORAL AND DIAMOND JABOT PIN, BY FOUQUET

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Descended from a prominent family of French jewelers, Jean Fouquet's work first appeared at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs in 1925. Embracing the Aesthetic Movement favored by such young contemporaries as Raymond Templier, Paul Brandt and Georges Sandoz, Fouquet sought to harmonize art and industrial items. This jabot brooch typifies his ouevre with its deeply contrasting colors, shapely geometric forms and unique simplicity.

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**AN ART DECO, ONYX, CORAL AND DIAMOND JABOT PIN, BY FOUQUET
Designed as a circular onyx disk, bezel-set with a rose-cut diamond and cabochon coral and rose-cut diamond geometric detail, joined by a gold pin, to the arrow-shaped rose-cut diamond, coral and onyx terminal, mounted in silver-topped gold, circa 1925, with French assay marks
Signed Jean Fouquet, no. 10472

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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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