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Giacinto Melillo, Naples “Etruscan Revival” 18K gold articulated pendant brooch, original fruit wood and velvet box c. 1870

Giacinto Melillo, Naples “Etruscan Revival” 18K gold articulated pendant brooch, original fruit wood and velvet box c. 1870
BERNHARD AMSTER (active Vienna early 20th century) Austria JEWELER, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH
“Winged Heart” Covered Box c. 1910
Handwrought and hand-hammered silver in a half oval form on four cylindrical feet with heart-shaped finial inset with bone and stylized silver feathers
Marked: BA (in a rectangle 2x), Austrian touchmark for 800 silver (in a pentagon 2x)
For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991)
H: 4 1/2″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″
Price: $5,750
ALEXANDRE NOLL (1890-1970) France
Covered box c. 1930
Mahogany with ebony peg details and 1 ¼ inch thick Saint-Gobain glass.
Marks: ANoll
Provenance: Private Collection New York, Galerie de Beyrie Paris, Odile Noll (A. Noll’s daughter), Alexandre Noll Estate
For more information see: Alexandre Noll, Olivier Jean-Elie, Pierre Passebon (Paris:Edition du Regard, 1999); Alexandre Noll: Les Matres de L’ Art Decoratif Contemporain, Collection dirigée par R. Moutard-Uldry edited by (Geneve: Pierre Cailler, 1954); Le Mobilier du Xxe Siécle: Dictionnaire des
Créateurs, Pierre Kjellberg (Paris: Les Éditons de l’Amateur, 1994) p. 455-456.
H: 2 1/2″ x D: 5 3/8″ x W: 8″