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  Eugene Fontenay (1823-1887) “Wisteria” brooch and fitted with original pendant attachment in 18k gold with extremely fine detailing, superb granulation and hanging pendant blossoms, marked: EF in a diamond poincon (the mark of Eugene Fontenay), French Eagle’s head touchmark for 18k gold (2x), c.1875

  Eugene Fontenay (1823-1887) “Wisteria” brooch and fitted with original pendant attachment in 18k gold with extremely fine detailing, superb granulation and hanging pendant blossoms, marked: EF in a diamond poincon (the mark of Eugene Fontenay), French Eagle’s head touchmark for 18k gold (2x), c.1875 

  Length of pendant: 3 and 3/8 inches x width: 1 and ½ inches

  Weight: .60 Troy ounce / 18.6 grams / 11.9 pennyweights

  Matching French open wirework long necklace in 18k gold with fine detailing and delicate beadwork details, marked: TM in a diamond poincon (maker’s mark and possibly that of Michel Tricaud), French eagle’s head touchmark for 18k gold (3x), c.1875

  Length: 58 inches long x width: 3/8 inches 

  Weight: 2.01 Troy ounces / 62.7 grams / 40.3 pennyweights 

  Pendant and necklace combined weight: 2.61 Troy ounces / 81.2 grams / 52.3 pennyweights

  Nineteenth century French goldsmith Eugène Fontenay (1823-1887) was born into the profession, with a family name long known for their skills as goldsmiths. Fontenay opened his own studio in 1847 after apprenticing with Marchand and working for the Parisian jeweler Dutreih. Influenced by the archeological revival style of the period, a response to the Campana Collection of classical jewels, brought to France in 1861. Fontenay became an author as well, and published books including  “Les Bijoux Anciens et Modernes” in 1887, after selling his workshop.

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  Louis W. Rice / Apollo Studios “Skyscraper” American Art Deco hand mirror 1928

  LOUIS W. RICE  (Designer)  USA
  APOLLO STUDIOS, BERNARD RICE’S SONS, INC.  New York

  Skyscraper vanity hand mirror   1928

  Silver-plated brass, original beveled mirror

  Stamped marks: APOLLO STUDIOS, NEW YORK EPNS within a rectangle, SKYSCRAPER, REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

  For related Skyscraper objects see: (cocktail shaker)   Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor, Charles L. Venable  (Dallas/New York: Dallas Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995) p. 288; (teapot) Modernism:  Modernist Design 1880-1940, The Norwest Collection, Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England:  The Antique Collector’s Club, 1998); (cocktail shaker) American Modern 1925-1940, Design for a New Age, J. Stewart Johnson, exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, American Federation of Arts, 2000) p. 48.

  L: 18 1/2″ x D: 5″

  The same model can be found in the collection of the New York Historical Society.