Emporium Including Sports Memorabilia | September 26, 2025
Fri, Sep 26, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 896
Rare Matilde Poulat Amethyst, Garnet, and Coral Sterling Brooch
Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for
$950
Sold Price excludes BP
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circa 1934 - 1948, Mexican, brilliant cut round and oval amethyst, three round brilliant cut garnets, approx. 8.5mm, accented by six round brilliant cut garnets, approx. 5.0mm, four suspended bezel set round brilliant cut garnets, two round coral cabochon eyes, stamped "MATL", 2-3/4 x 2-1/2 in. overall design, 33.9 g
Provenance: Private Collection, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Note: Matilde Poulat ("Matl") was a pioneering Mexican jewelry designer of the Silver Renaissance era. Trained as a painter at the San Carlos Academy, she opened her workshop in 1934 and developed a signature style blending Baroque metalwork with Mexican folk motifs—doves, flowers, bells, and angels.
Drawing inspiration from Mixtec art, she often used clustered turquoise or coral cabochons in crimped bezels, chased silver, and pyramidal-cut amethysts, making the garnets in this piece extremely rare.
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Private Collection, Hendersonville, North Carolina
one garnet with chip, a few bezels not completely closed (as made), otherwise in overall good condition with wear typical of age and use
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