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Gold, enamel, pearls, ruby, diamonds

H  7.00cm (2.76 in)  |  W  5.00cm (1.97 in)

Origin	German, c. 1900
Marks	'WLC' monogram
Case	Fitted Case
Condition	Excellent

Superb Symbolist Laburnum brooch by Wilhelm Lucas von Cranach.

Provenance
Barlow-Widman Collection

Literature
Illustrated in our book:
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 173
Fritz Falk, Schmuck-Kunst im Jugendstil, Art Nouveau Jewellery, Arnoldsche, 1999, Illustrated page 133.
The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, 2000, Handbook, Published in association with Harpers & Queen, Silver, Jewellery & Objects of Vertu, Tadema Gallery, Stand 21, illustrated p. 260.
Cranach, Wilhelm Lucas von, Werke moderner Goldschmiedekunst, Leipzig, Carl Scholtze (W. Junghans), Verlag für Architektur, Technik und Kunstgewerbe, 1903, illustrated p.10
Digi-hub Digital Collections, Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, p. 34

Collections
Acquired by The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago

Ref No   9006

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