RENÉ BOIVIN - 1945 LARGE CLIP "MOINEAU DE PARIS The bird is shown with its wings spread and its head turned to the left. The whole is richly paved with blue sapphires, pink sapphires and a few pink tourmalines. The head is paved with small round blue sapphires. The curved body is decorated with crosses, also set with blue sapphires. Mounted in 18K yellow gold. Unsigned French work. Incomplete hallmark. Gross weight: 31.65 g. Dimensions: 6 x 4.6 cm. Certificate of Françoise Cailles. Original René Boivin taupe suede case. THE FREEDOM SPARROW: A MESSAGE OF HOPE This brooch, based on a design by Juliette Moutard, is larger than the other pieces produced by René Boivin. The extra two centimetres in width allow it to be set with heavy blue and pink sapphires. The blue-white-red of the outstretched wings of this liberated France has been revisited in pastel tones by the Boivin women's team. The symbolism of the bird caged during the Occupation, then breaking free of its cage at the Liberation, was also taken up by Cartier. Let's pay tribute to this act of passive resistance with a piece of jewellery. A blue and pink sapphires and 18K yellow gold "sparrow" brooch by René Boivin, circa 1945. French assay mark and incomplete maker's mark. Not signed. Gross weight : 31,65 gr. Dimensions : 6 x 4,6 cm. Françoise Cailles attestation. Original René Boivin taupe suede box.