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David Webb Enamel Giraffe Brooch
$35,000
Created in the late 20th century, this David Webb double giraffe sweetheart brooch is composed of enamel, emerald, rubies, and diamonds, mounted in 18K gold. It is designed as two giraffes with cabochon ruby eyes and diamond ears and tails, their opaque white enamel bodies with brown basse taille enamel spots and intertwined necks forming a heart motif, suspending a ropetwist necklace with pear shape cabochon drop. Beautifully enamelled by his in-house craftsperson, this conversation brooch expresses Webb's joyful humor, imagination and whimsy.
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Item #: BO-21588
Artist: David Webb
Country: United States of America
Circa: Late 20th century
Dimensions: 3.75" length, 1.825" width.
Materials: 17 round diamonds (approximate total weight 0.25 carat); 1 pear-shaped cabochon emerald (approximate total weight 0.15 carat); 2 cabochon rubies (approximate total weight 0.50 carat); 18K Gold
Signed: DAVID WEBB 18K 900T
First designed in 1964, David Webb's giraffe jewels are "friendly, expressive, and bold." The earlier iterations of his giraffe jewels followed their naturalistic coloring of white and rust brown enamels in evoking these elegant creatures' patterned hides. Later, under the influence of pop art, his giraffe bracelets became a more stark black and white. In the tradition of a number of great American jewelers, Webb was a lover of animals and plants. A 1967 article in Vogue described his bachelor pad as "two-thirds garden, one-third living quarters." Creatures of the jungle and Savannah figured large in his imagination.