Who was the Maker?
Who made this gorgeous star sapphire brooch for Carole Lombard?
Image courtesy from Christies Jewels
Lombard wearing her brooch in “My Man Godfrey”
Could this emerald necklace, featured on Christies' auction house, have been made by the same maker of Carole Lombard’s star sapphire brooch?
Where is Carole Lombard’s brooch original brooch - we may never know?
When I first saw the emerald pendant on Christie’s Jewels, I thought I had found a clue to the original maker/designer. Christie's Auction 2018 house posted a diamond and emerald brooch on Instagram - so close to the original design work we thought it had to be by the same maker.
So we reached out to Christies for the maker’s name and sadly they said it was unsigned. So our search for the original maker will continue.
Ann Waren wearing her emerald and diamond brooch as a pendant.
There was also an article published on The Adventurine - a must read for lovers of gemstones. Shown above a gem from Hollywood Royalty - Ann (Page) Warner, wife of the legendary Warner Brothers studio chief Jack Warner.
Carole Lombard was an American film actress particularly noted for her energetic, often offbeat roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. She was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s.
She was also noted as a collector of star sapphires.
In 1936, Universal Studios released "My Man Godfrey", in which Carole Lombard was the leading actor. In the studio image shown above, Lombard is wearing a large diamond and star sapphire brooch (jewelry designer unknown) with a beaded gown designed by Travis Banton. During this time period most glamorous actors wore their own jewelry - this was not the exception.
It was this brooch that Larry McQueen commissioned me to recreate for an exhibit at the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts and Sciences.
