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  British “Tree Frog” brooch, silver set with green and clear paste jewels, red jewel eyes, marks c. 1895

  Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book “On the Origin of Species” overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of specie.  By the 1870s both the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact and awakening the public to the diversity of life. The frog emerging from Darwin’s Pond was a symbol of the times and a favorite theme for jewelry of the era.

  
  

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  Antonio Pineda “Ball and Plus” bracelet, sterling set with aventurine spheres, signed c. 1950’s

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  Paul-Auguste Gagné, French Egyptian Revival Gilt Bronze Garniture Set c. 1875

  Paul-Auguste Gagné (Sculptor) France

  Egyptian Revival garniture set, circa 1875

  Gilt bronze and carved rouge marble mantle clock and candelabra in a high Egyptian Revival style

  Marks: P.A. Gagne (elaborate incised scroll signature on the back of the portrait bust)

  For more information on Gagné see: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, vol. 4, E. Bénézit (Paris: Librairie Gründ, 1976) p. 579.

  For other related Egyptian Revival garniture sets see: Egyptomania: Egypt in Western Art, 1730-1930 (Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux and Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1994)

  H: 20 3/4″ x D: 6 3/4″ x W: 14 1/2″

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  Los Castillos “Hands and Eggs” bracelet, sterling set with large round stones of amethyst, carnelian, lapis, onyx and obsidian, signed c. 1940’s