A gold and gem-set brooch by
Gustave Baugrand,

in the form of a peacock poised on a pearl,
the body set with sapphires and diamonds,
the fanned tail feathers set with diamonds,
emeralds and rubies, mounted en tremblant,
- certificated natural pearl.

Gustave Baugrand (1826-1870) was jeweller toEmperor Napoleon III. He exhibited his peacock broochesat the Exposition Universelle of 1867 in a display which won him the cross of the Légion d'Honneur.

Gustave Baugrand,
French, circa 1867
Height 6.2 cm

Exhibited:
French Jewellery of the Nineteenth Century,
Wartski, London, 2001

Illustrated:
A similar example is illustrated in: French Jewellery of the Nineteenth
Century by Henri Vever, Purcell, K., London, 2001, plate 55.