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  Charlton & Co. New York “Scottie” comb, platinum and diamond “Scottie” highlighted with black enamel set with three baguette diamonds and twelve round diamonds set on a tortoise shell comb and holder, original red leather and suede envelope, signed, c. 1930’s

  John W. Charlton opened his business in New York under the name of J.W.Charlton in 1909, later changing to Charlton & Co when Robert S. Chapin became his partner. In the 1920s, branches were open in Palm Beach and in Paris. In 1934, another partner Grant A. Peacock acquired ownership of the company, changing the name to his own. Charlton was known for creating some of the most important jewels of the Art Deco period, with an impressive client list equalling those of the biggest jewellery firms.

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  Koloman Moser (attr.) / Portois & Fix Vienna Secession Center Table c.1902

  KOLOMAN MOSER  attr.  (1868-1918)  Austria
  PORTOIS & FIX  Vienna, Austria

  Secessionist center table  c. 1902

  Exotic wood with brass inlaid squares, brass stretcher and feet with nickel-plated sabots

  Marks: No. 29378 (inventory paper label), oval metal plaque in Russian with No. 798

  ***This table was likely exhibited at the 1902 Moscow Exhibition of Architecture and Applied Art and that is perhaps the reason for the Russian metal plaque.

  For more information see: Art in Vienna, Peter Vergo (London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1975),  p. 139, footnote 88, p. 247.

  H: 29” x  W: 29” x L: 42 1/4”

  Price: $42,500