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  Désiré Christian / Meisenthal Art Nouveau Art Glass Gourd Vase c. 1885-90

  DÉSIRÉ CHRISTIAN (1846-1907) France
  MEISENTHAL (LOTHRINGEN) France/Germany

  Gourd vessel in the Japanese taste   c. 1885-90

  Wheel-carved and martelé French cameo glass with metallic inclusions and applied glass (blossoms, tendrils and butterflies)

  Signed on the bottom: Desire Christian, Meisenthal Loth

  For information on Désiré Christian see: The Glass of Désiré Christian, Ghost for Gallé, Jules S. Traub (Chicago: The Art Glass Exchange, 1978).

  H: 8 1/2″ x Dia: 4″

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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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  Elizabeth Bonte, French Art Nouveau “Hornet” brooch, carved horn c. 1900