Baguette and tapered baguette-cut rubies, round, single, baguette and tapered baguette-cut diamonds, platinum and 18k white gold, circa 1945, clip-brooches may be detached from the brooch fitting and worn as dress clips, brooch fitting possibly of later addition

Diamonds: approximately 132 round and single-cut with approximate total weight of 5.50 - 5.80 carats, 18 baguette and tapered baguette-cut with approximate total weight of 0.80 - 1.00 carat. Total diamond weight approximately 6.30 - 6.80 carats.

Size/Dimensions: 7.5 x 3.4 cm (2⁷⁄₈ x 1³⁄₈ in)
Gross Weight: 41.9 grams

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John Henry Aufderheide (1865 – 1941) was a successful investment broker in Indianapolis and later a publisher of Midwest ragtime music. Mr. Aufderheide married Lucy Ann Deel in 1887 and together they had two children, May Frances and Rudolph. May developed a love of music from a young age. Despite her family’s attempts to provide a traditional upbringing for a young woman of her social class, including finishing school and a Grand Tour of Europe, May was determined to publish music. To support his daughter’s passions, Mr. Aufderheide founded J.H. Aufderheide & Company. Under the family company, May composed a number of waltzes and rags and was an influential member of the Indianapolis ragtime community.