ATTRIBUTED TO VEVER A lovely pendant brooch in rose gold (750) and silver (800) featuring a stylized openwork palm motif, the center adorned with a daisy of old-cut diamonds, the largest central stone cut in a pear shape and set in a prong setting, surrounded by small old-cut diamonds and eight “eight” shapes set in closed and grain settings. The removable bail is adorned with an old-cut diamond and small rose-cut diamonds set in claw and bezel settings. Removable pin in yellow gold (750). No legible silversmith’s hallmark. Circa 1870–80. Gross weight: 19.3 g. - Height: 6.4 cm. - Width: 3.7 cm. Scratches, a few scuffs, and slight signs of oxidation on the reverse. In a case shaped like the house, marked “A[ncie]nne M[ais]on MARRET & BAUGRAND VEVER rue de la Paix 19 Paris.” Ernest Vever, son of Pierre-Paul Vever, founder of the jewelry dynasty, left Metz and purchased the Parisian firm Marret & Baugrand in 1871 upon his arrival in Paris. His two sons, Paul and Henri, would go on to expand the Vever house upon joining the firm in 1882 and bring it to prominence, particularly during the Art Nouveau period.