A gold mounted pearl shell brooch by Lalique,

the shell of a mollusc containing a single pearl mounted in gold, the shell's mother
of pearl interior engraved and stained with two cockerels contesting the pearl,
mounted in yellow gold the reverse finely engraved with the same scene.

signed 'Lalique' Paris circa 1900,

5.2 cm across

Exhibited:

Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique
The Cleveland Museum of Art,
2008-2009.

The brooch follows the contours of the shell