Antique Enamel and Diamond Pheasant Brooch, English C.1880. The body and tail encrusted with numerous old mine, european and rose cut diamonds. The head with striking green, blue, orange, gold and tones of mauve enamel. All set in gold on cut down silver. Length: 2 inches. Height: 1.75 inches (foot to tail end.) Gold acid tested 15K. Item Weight: 8.20 grams.
Antique Enamel and Diamond Pheasant Brooch, English, circa 1880 SOLD
by Louis WineAntique Enamel and Diamond Pheasant Brooch, English C.1880. The body and tail encrusted with numerous old mine, european and rose cut diamonds. The head with striking green, blue, orange, gold and tones of mauve enamel. All set in gold on cut down silver. Length: 2 inches. Height: 1.75 inches (foot to tail end.) Gold acid tested 15K. Item Weight: 8.20 grams.
Louis Wine
Louis Wine Ltd., Toronto specialists in Antique Silver , Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts, are a 4th generation family business.Louis Wine (1865-1946) founded the company in Dublin, Ireland in 1880. Louis Wine began selling to silver collectors in Dublin from a shop in historic Wellington Quay. In 1908, he located on Dublin's fashionable Grafton Street. To the firm came the worlds leading Georgian Silver collectors. Pieces by Paul de Lamerie, Paul Storr, Hester Bateman and Irish Georgian Silver were constantly on display. Our gallery run by Richard (Louis Wine's great grandson) at 150 Cumberland Street (Yorkville), Toronto, displays a range of fine Antique Silver, Old Sheffield Plate, Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts from the 18th-20th century, including Bateman, Storr, Ramsden, Tiffany, Knox, Liberty, Jensen, Christopher Dresser.
