A French silver and triangular onyx panel Art Déco cuff bracelet.
A French silver and triangular onyx panel Art Déco cuff bracelet.
Hinged bracelet composed of domed bar-shaped links, with five oppositely oriented triangular plaques of polished onyx (approx. 38.0 × 31.0 mm). Hallmarks: Small Paris guarantee mark for silver fineness 800, “tête de sanglier” (boar’s head), in use since 1838 (Tardy, p. 199), maker’s mark “JD”. Length 18.8 cm. Width 4.5 cm. Weight 154.72 g.
Jean Després, Paris, c. 1930.
Literature
Cf. Gabardi, Jean Després, Paris, 2009, p. 8. Illustrated therein is a photograph from the magazine L’Art et de la Mode, dated 20 June 1930, showing a model wearing an identical cuff bracelet. The bracelet design was exhibited at the Salon des artistes décorateurs in Paris in 1930.
A French silver and triangular onyx panel Art Déco cuff bracelet.
Hinged bracelet composed of domed bar-shaped links, with five oppositely oriented triangular plaques of polished onyx (approx. 38.0 × 31.0 mm). Hallmarks: Small Paris guarantee mark for silver fineness 800, “tête de sanglier” (boar’s head), in use since 1838 (Tardy, p. 199), maker’s mark “JD”. Length 18.8 cm. Width 4.5 cm. Weight 154.72 g.
Jean Després, Paris, c. 1930.
Literature
Cf. Gabardi, Jean Després, Paris, 2009, p. 8. Illustrated therein is a photograph from the magazine L’Art et de la Mode, dated 20 June 1930, showing a model wearing an identical cuff bracelet. The bracelet design was exhibited at the Salon des artistes décorateurs in Paris in 1930.
