Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

A pair of French early 20th century ruby, pearl and diamond bar brooches by La Cloche Frères, both calibre set with a line of rubies, between terminals with vertical rose-cut diamond bar and trefoils of pearls (one pearl missing, all pearls untested for natural origin), both brooches stamped to the side ‘ LACLOCHE FRES, PARIS’, the first numbered ‘24002’, the second ‘42367’, with stamped lozenge maker’s mark and French assay mark, length 5.5cm. £2000-2300

The firm Lacloche Frères was founded by four brothers: Leopold, Jaques, Jules and Fernand. Folllowing the death of Jaques in 1900, the three remaining brothers opened a store at Rue de la Paix in Paris and went on to produce arguably some of the finest jewellery of the Art Deco period.