A French 18k gold silver and frosted red glass suite with grape motifs, comprising a brooch, a bangle and a pair of earrings .
A French 18k gold silver and frosted red glass suite with grape motifs, comprising a brooch, a bangle and a pair of earrings .
Comprising a bar brooch in the form of a scrolling branch, an adjustable gold-wire bangle with a lover’s knot motif, and a pair of earrings with hinged wire fittings. Each set with small rose-cut diamonds and a total of seven grape motifs in frosted wine-red glass. Hallmarks: Parisian gold fineness mark, “tête d’aigle”, maker’s mark “PO”, modern French import marks. Brooch length 3.8 cm. Bangle diameter 6.0 - 7.0 cm. Earring height 1.09 cm. Total weight 35.65 g.
Paris, Maison Fonsèque et Olives, c. 1898.
The French goldsmith Olive (1853 - 1902) worked during his training, among other roles, as a designer for Lucien Falize in Paris. In collaboration with Georges Fonsèque (d. 1839), he designed this distinctive grape-themed jewellery, which was originally offered in miniature wooden wine crates.
Literature
Cf. an identical brooch in the exhibition catalogue From Function to Fantasy, The Brooch from 1200 BCE to the Contemporary, Wartski, London, 2025. See also Vever, La Bijouterie Française au XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1908, reprint, vol. III, p. 532.
A French 18k gold silver and frosted red glass suite with grape motifs, comprising a brooch, a bangle and a pair of earrings .
Comprising a bar brooch in the form of a scrolling branch, an adjustable gold-wire bangle with a lover’s knot motif, and a pair of earrings with hinged wire fittings. Each set with small rose-cut diamonds and a total of seven grape motifs in frosted wine-red glass. Hallmarks: Parisian gold fineness mark, “tête d’aigle”, maker’s mark “PO”, modern French import marks. Brooch length 3.8 cm. Bangle diameter 6.0 - 7.0 cm. Earring height 1.09 cm. Total weight 35.65 g.
Paris, Maison Fonsèque et Olives, c. 1898.
The French goldsmith Olive (1853 - 1902) worked during his training, among other roles, as a designer for Lucien Falize in Paris. In collaboration with Georges Fonsèque (d. 1839), he designed this distinctive grape-themed jewellery, which was originally offered in miniature wooden wine crates.
Literature
Cf. an identical brooch in the exhibition catalogue From Function to Fantasy, The Brooch from 1200 BCE to the Contemporary, Wartski, London, 2025. See also Vever, La Bijouterie Française au XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1908, reprint, vol. III, p. 532.
