CHAUMET, AN OPAL, SAPPHIRE AND ENAMEL BANGLE, LONDON 1967

CHAUMET, AN OPAL, SAPPHIRE AND ENAMEL BANGLE LONDON 1967 The hinged front set with five cabochon black opals between marquise cut sapphire borders, to a blue enamelled bangle with textured 18ct gold edges, concealed pin clasp, signed Chaumet London, London hallmark Size/dimensions: inner width 5.2cm, the front section 2.6cm at the widest point Gross weight: 37.6 grams Provenance Inherited by the current vendor's mother from Jane, Lady Abdy Jane, Lady Abdy (1934-2015) was an art dealer and socialite. After graduating from Somerville College, Oxford in 1955 she went on to be an assistant at an Old Masters gallery in London, where she met her future husband Sir Robert Abdy (1896-1976), 5th Baronet, who bought her this bracelet from Chaumet. They married in 1962 and in 1964 launched the Ferrers Gallery in the Piccadilly Arcade, London, with exhibitions promoting French art and artistic figures including Sarah Bernhardt. They divorced in 1972, however Jane continued to look after him until his death in 1976. She later opened the Bury Street Gallery with the landmark exhibition 'The Souls' based on the late Victorian intellectual and social circle, and later focussing on Dutch 19th century art, however eventually she closed the gallery to become a private dealer. Condition Report Disclaimer, CHAUMET, AN OPAL, SAPPHIRE AND ENAMEL BANGLE, CHAUMET, AN OPAL, SAPPHIRE AND ENAMEL BANGLE LONDON 1967 The hinged front set with five cabochon black opals between marquise cut sapphire borders, to a blue enamelled bangle with textured 18ct gold edges, concealed pin clasp, signed Chaumet London, London hallmark Size/dimensions: inner width 5.2cm, the front section 2.6cm at the widest point Gross weight: 37.6 grams Provenance Inherited by the current vendor's mother from Jane, Lady Abdy Jane, Lady Abdy (1934-2015) was an art dealer and socialite. After graduating from Somerville College, Oxford in 1955 she went on to be an assistant at an Old Masters gallery in London, where she met her future husband Sir Robert Abdy (1896-1976), 5th Baronet, who bought her this bracelet from Chaumet. They married in 1962 and in 1964 launched the Ferrers Gallery in the Piccadilly Arcade, London, with exhibitions promoting French art and artistic figures including Sarah Bernhardt. They divorced in 1972, however Jane continued to look after him until his death in 1976. She later opened the Bury Street Gallery with the landmark exhibition 'The Souls' based on the late Victorian intellectual and social circle, and later focussing on Dutch 19th century art, however eventually she closed the gallery to become a private dealer. Condition Report Disclaimer

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