Art Nouveau gem-set foliage panel ring by Henri Dubret, £4200 at Dawsons.
Dubret was greatly influenced by René Lalique as can be seen from this design, c.1905, with its navette-shaped head enamelled with pliqué-a-jour ivy leaf motifs, centred with a cushion-cut citrine and flanked by single-cut diamonds on the shoulders.
Struck with a French eagle head mark (indicating 18ct gold) it had both a lozenge maker’s mark and the name H Dubret to the shank.
More affordable than a Lalique jewel, it nevertheless passed its £800-1200 estimate on February 22 to bring £4200.
