Product Description
French 19th Century light yellow natural color diamond (approx. 2.20 carats TW, G.I.A certificate, 8.05 x 6.90 x 5.05mm, natural diamond) ring set in a fancy 18K yellow gold mounting, signed, numbered 3056, c. 1890
French 19th Century light yellow natural color diamond (approx. 2.20 carats TW, G.I.A certificate, 8.05 x 6.90 x 5.05mm, natural diamond) ring set in a fancy 18K yellow gold mounting, signed, numbered 3056, c. 1890
CHARLES GREBER France
“Chameleons” vase c. 1905
Stoneware with crystalline-structure glaze in creamy white beige and blue tones with floral motifs and three full scale chameleons perched on the edge.
Marks: C. Greber (incised script)
H: 6 1/4″ x Dia: 7 1/2″
The potter-sculptor has awakened Darwin’s theory of evolution with this vase and has furthermore humanized these reptiles with an amusing sense of cameraderie.
For a related oval gold and cameo medallion box in the Russian National Museum presented in the original Iosif Marschak Kiev box see: Illustration #560 “Faberge / Cartier” by Geza von Habsburg (2003)