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BOUCHERON - "Serpent de Bohème" - Long necklace...

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BOUCHERON - "Serpent de Bohème" - Long necklace in 18K yellow gold (750 thousandths) composed of a braided mesh punctuated with piriform motifs, some openwork, some paved with brilliant-cut diamonds, the border pearled. Signed Boucheron and numbered. P. Gross weight: 33.7 g. Length: 100 cm approximately. In 1888, Frédéric Boucheron gave his wife a necklace in the shape of a snake to protect her during her travels. Since then, this protective animal motif has become a Boucheron classic. First leaving the House's workshop in 1968, the Serpent Bohème collection has endured through the ages while maintaining its modernity. In 2017, the new creative director, Claire Choisne, is giving this line a makeover for the first time after nearly 50 years by giving it the sparkle of colored stones...