Spring Jewels 
5 May 2022
Spring Jewels 
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Jean Després

Jade and silver ring


Of barrel design, set with carved arched jade and gold bars
Silver and yellow gold
Ring size 7; Gross weight 6.1 dwts
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $2,750
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literature: Jean Després: Jeweler, maker and designer of the Machine Age, Gabardi, pg. 34 illustrates similar example

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I love metal. You have no idea what pleasure it gives me to see the material bend under the anvil and hear it grate in the vice. I tame it, but without breaking it. The idea is to leave all its vitality and suppleness intact.

Jean Després

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