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  Tommi Parzinger, Sterling dinner bell with ring handle and stylized leaf motif c. 1938

  TOMMI PARZINGER  (1903-1981)  Germany/USA

  Sterling dinner bell with ring handle and stylized leaf motif c. 1938

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  Theodore B. Starr (attr.) American Art Nouveau brooch, High style openwork graphic design in 18k gold and set with two large oval cabochon emeralds and one tear drop emerald (20 carats TW) with 144 old European round cut diamonds (approx. 9 carats TW) and six small cabochon emeralds as accents, c. 1900

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  Jaipur Enameled and Gem Set Rare Solid Gold Cup and Saucer c. mid-19th Century

  JAIPUR, MUGHAL INDIA

  Enameled and gem set gold Cup and Saucer c. mid-19th Century

  High carat yellow gold (22-24 carat) cup and saucer set with a fine emerald, ruby and diamonds, the cup with a high foot with rounded sides and handle formed of two snakes intersecting at three points and biting the rim. The exterior is decorated with red, green, blue and white enamels with roundels containing combatant animals on a ground of floral sprays, the saucer with gently rounded sides decorated with lobed cartouches containing warriors combating tigers and birds, the underside with a series of oval panels containing peacocks and hummingbirds.

  Provenance: a gift from a European diplomat in the 1930’s-40’s, and thence by descent.

  Saucer: Dia: 5 1/4;

  Cup: H: 2 3/4″ (with handle) x Dia: 2 5/8″

  Similar animal decoration can be found in an epaulette attributed to Rajesthan, probably Jaipur, in the Khalili Collection (Pedro Moura Carvalho, Gems and Jewels of Mughal India, London, 2010, p. 225, no. 120. A related cup and saucer with similar animal depictions was sold at Christie’s (Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, Rugs and Carpets, London, 21st October 1993, lot 350.

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  Robert Indiana / Robert Creeley, “Numbers” 1968

  ROBERT INDIANA (1928-) USA
  ROBERT CREELEY (1926-2005) USA
  “Numbers” 1968
  Folio, illustrated with 10 original silkscreen prints, stiff boards, printed dust jacket
  Published by Domberger Stuttgart-Schmela Düsseldorf

  Dimensions:
  Book: 9 15/16” x W: 8 3/8”
  Custom leather box: H: 11 3/8” x W: 9 1/16” x D: 1 3/8”
  Custom silk slipcase: H: 12 3/8” x W: 9 ¾” x D: 2 1/16”