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Julien Duval & Georges Le Turcq “Orchid” brooch, gold with colored enamel and petal edges set with diamonds, c. 1890
Julien Duval & Georges Le Turcq “Orchid” brooch, gold with colored enamel and petal edges set with diamonds, c. 1890
GISELA VON FALKE (b. 1874) Austria
SCHOOL OF KOLO MOSER Austria
BERNDORFER METALLWARENFABRIK Berndorf, Austria
E. BAKALOWITS & SÖHNE Vienna, Austria [retailer]
Covered box c. 1902
Silver plate mounts and cover, blown “meteor” glass.
Marks: BEPWF 1481, maker’s touch marks
For more information on Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991), p. 221; Metallkunst, Kunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939), Karl H. Bröhan (Berlin: Bröhan Museum, 1990) pp. 20-44.
H: 7″ x W: 8″
Price: $9,000
SUOMEN KULTASEPPÄ OY Turku, Finland
(FINNISH GOLDSMITH COMPANY, LTD.)
Silver bowl 1925
Hand wrought and repoussé silver with an overall scrolling leaf, blossom and vine motif, applied stylized open work silver handles
Marks: “TILL AIS och NILS WENER 19 [28-30/ IV] 26 ADI och ALLAN RÖNEHOLM,” maker’s mark (hammer with wings), government control mark (crown), 813 H (silver standard) U5 AT (date mark), city mark for Turku
H: 7 1/4″ x W: 13 1/2”
This Art Deco Finnish silver centerpiece was presented as a gift from Adi and Allan Röneholm to Ais and Nils Wener in 1926. By repute this piece was shown the year prior at the Paris 1925 exhibition.