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Jean Després

Silver and amazonite ring


Set with a rectangular plaque of amazonite; 1935-1940
Silver
Signed with maker's mark for Jean Després
Ring size 7.25; Gross weight 8.6 dwts
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $2,016
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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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