French Art Nouveau Maiden & Roses Silver Brooch by Fernand Boursot
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Directory: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Art Nouveau: Pre 1910: Item # 1385573
Directory: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Art Nouveau: Pre 1910: Item # 1385573
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An elegant Art Nouveau silver brooch depicting a maiden smelling a rose. She is surrounded in a bower of climbing roses and enclosed in a frame of whiplash curves typical of French Art Nouveau. The clasp is marked for silver and bears the maker's mark of Fernand Boursot, who opened shop in Paris in 1894. THe brooch could be converted to a pendant with the addition of a bail at the top or a pair of bails and a split chain at the upper corners.
An elegant Art Nouveau silver brooch depicting a maiden smelling a rose. She is surrounded in a bower of climbing roses and enclosed in a frame of whiplash curves typical of French Art Nouveau. The clasp is marked for silver and bears the maker's mark of Fernand Boursot, who opened shop in Paris in 1894. THe brooch could be converted to a pendant with the addition of a bail at the top or a pair of bails and a split chain at the upper corners.
- France, ca 1895.
- Excellent condition; sharp detail.
- 1" x 15/16".
- 5.1 grams.
