Rare Antique Gold and Onyx Cuvette Stickpin, C.1875. The stickpin, bezel set depicting the man in the moon and a star. Gold tests as14K. Diameter of cuvette: Approximately 21.50 mm. Length of Stickpin: 2.25 inches. Ref: Skinners Fine Jewelry December 2005 Sold US$1880
Rare Antique Gold and Onyx Cuvette Stickpin, C.1875 SOLD
by Louis WineRare Antique Gold and Onyx Cuvette Stickpin, C.1875. The stickpin, bezel set depicting the man in the moon and a star. Gold tests as14K. Diameter of cuvette: Approximately 21.50 mm. Length of Stickpin: 2.25 inches. Ref: Skinners Fine Jewelry December 2005 Sold US$1880
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.