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Lot 56
Gold and Gem-Set Earrings
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The surmount in a ribbon motif fully set with round cut green sapphires weighing approximately 4.4 total carats "wrapping" a rectangular, checkerboard cut lemon citrine (17.9 x 12.3 x 10.4 mm) weighing approximately 28.3 total carats, completed with posts and omega clip backs, testing 18KT.

1 x 1.25 in.

14.5 dwt.

From the Collection of the late Dobie D. Hogan, Norfolk, Virginia

Dobie D. Hogan was a print and runway model in Norfolk, Virginia who began her career in New York working for the Paris designer Mainbocher in the 1950s, and in the 1970s, she was voted "Best Dressed Woman" of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Her lifelong love of jewelry and substantial collection began with her fashionable mother, Louise Jenkins Driver, and developed over Hogan's long involvement with the industry.

Good estate condition; one citrine loose in mount.

$500 - 1,000