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67 - A gold and ruby gondola brooch by G. Nardi, modelled as a Venetian gondola, the gondolier standing at the stern, oar in hand, the central cabin and hull set with round-cut rubies, with etched decoration, signed ‘G. Nardi’, and stamped ‘750’, (one ruby deficient), length 36mm. £600-£800
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A gold and ruby gondola brooch by G. Nardi, modelled as a Venetian gondola, the gondolier standing at the stern, oar in hand, the central cabin and hull set with round-cut rubies, with etched decoration, signed ‘G. Nardi’, and stamped ‘750’, (one ruby deficient), length 36mm. £600-£800 --- The Venetian jewel house NARDI was founded by Giulio Nardi. Born in Florence, Giulio moved to Venice in the 1920s and opened his first jewellery shop in the Piazza San Marco. Inspired by his love of the ‘city of water and light’, Nardi quickly gained international recognition in the post-war years, attracting the attention of the ‘jet-set’, including Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Rubinstein, and others. Patronage continued to come from the royal families of Spain and Greece, as well as celebrities and society stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Barbara Hutton. Today this family-run business is still in the same workshops in Piazza San Marco, Venice. Condition Report One ruby missing along hull (second from right). Gross weight 6.4gm. ------ For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneer's website, www.noonans.co.uk
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