Pair of Antique 18K Pietra Dura Earrings, C.1875. Each of oval drop form, fine pietra dura floral white, blue, red, lilac inlay colours, the surround gold mount etruscan rope design, shepherd hook fitments, stamped with continental marks. Gold acid tests 18K. Measures: 1.25 (not including fitment) x 0.75 inches. Total Item Weight: 5.46 grams.
Pair of Antique 18K Pietra Dura Earrings, C.1875
by Louis WinePair of Antique 18K Pietra Dura Earrings, C.1875. Each of oval drop form, fine pietra dura floral white, blue, red, lilac inlay colours, the surround gold mount etruscan rope design, shepherd hook fitments, stamped with continental marks. Gold acid tests 18K. Measures: 1.25 (not including fitment) x 0.75 inches. Total Item Weight: 5.46 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.
