Product Description
French 19th Century “Baroque” inspired brooch 18K yellow gold set with a large oval cut pink tourmaline (approx. 16 carats TW) and 59 rose cut diamonds (approx. 5 carats TW), marked, c. 1890
French 19th Century “Baroque” inspired brooch 18K yellow gold set with a large oval cut pink tourmaline (approx. 16 carats TW) and 59 rose cut diamonds (approx. 5 carats TW), marked, c. 1890
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
BENHAM & FROUD London, England
Coffee pot 1888
Copper, brass, wood handle and finial
***One of only two known models of this Dresser / Benham & Froud coffee pot.
Marks: maker’s cipher, Reg. no. 114566 for 1888
Only other model known illustrated: Christopher Dresser, by Widar Halén (Oxford: Phaidon, 1990), illus. 192, p. 170 (variant model); Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 66.
H: 9″ x D: 7 3/8″
FRENCH ART DECO
Dinanderie vase c.1930
Richly patinated handwrought boule vase with a double large triangle silver overlay motif, square palm wood attached base
For more information see: Art et Décoration Revue Mensuelle D’Art Moderne, Tome XLVII. (Paris: Librairie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts) p.217; Silver of a New Era: International Highlights of Precious Metalwork from 1880 to 1940, (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen, 1992) p.68, cat.no. 61; La Dinanderie Française 1900-1950, Dominique Forest and Marie-Cécile Forest (Paris: Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 1995) p.231-233.
H: 9” x D of vase: 8 ½”