Lalique Art Nouveau Glass and Diamond ‘Faded Rose’ Brooch

Designed as a faded rose, the last petal and pistil set with orange and orangy-brown tinted glass carving, the stem set with old- and rose-cut diamonds. Signed Lalique, circa 1897-1899. Dimensions: approx. 92 mm. Literature Cf.: René Lalique, Schmuck und Objets d'art, 1890 - 1910, Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 1977, p. 564, ill. 1778 for a drawing of the same model.