Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

A gem set bird brooch, by Van Cleef and Arples, early 1960s, the caricatured bird with textured feathers, cabochon turquoise body and ruby and diamond eye seated on a branch with brilliant-cut diamond set leaves and a ruby and diamond flowerhead, mounted in yellow gold, with double pin fitting, signed, stamped ‘750’ and ‘63 ©’, numbered ‘13.706’ and bearing French eagle’s head assay marks, length 44mm. £2800-3000