Nephrite, Amethyst 14K Brooch, Franz Breuning Germany C.1950. The brooch with two foliate amethyst flowers, set in the centre with gold stigma and stamen the surrounding foliage of large carved nephrite leaves, all surmounted on gold branch stem. FB 14K Gold marks to reverse. Brooch measures: 1.75 x 1.25 inches. Item Weight: 8.89 grams
Nephrite, Amethyst 14K Brooch, Franz Breuning Germany C.1950
by Louis WineNephrite, Amethyst 14K Brooch, Franz Breuning Austria C.1950. The brooch with two foliate amethyst flowers, set in the centre with gold stigma and stamen the surrounding foliage of large carved nephrite leaves, all surmounted on gold branch stem. FB 14K Gold marks to reverse. Brooch measures: 1.75 x 1.25 inches. Item Weight: 8.89 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.
