Rare Christofle Art Nouveau Pair of Photograph Frames, C.1900. Each with Christofle marks for Alfenide Gallia, a profile of a goat inside a rhombus in a square box and coat of arms with a Gallic cock, and model numbers 4430. These frames are rare early examples from the period. Although they could be polished, they retain original patina and back easels are original. Art Nouveau stylised foliate design against stippled background. Measure: 8.25 x 6.25 inches. Image size: 5.5 x 4 inches.
Rare Christofle Art Nouveau Pair of Photograph Frames, C.1900
by Louis Wine€1,450
Rare Christofle Art Nouveau Pair of Photograph Frames, C.1900. Each with Christofle marks for Alfenide Gallia, a profile of a goat inside a rhombus in a square box and coat of arms with a Gallic cock, and model numbers 4430. These frames are rare early examples from the period. Although they could be polished, they retain original patina and back easels are original. Art Nouveau stylised foliate design against stippled background. Measure: 8.25 x 6.25 inches. Image size: 5.5 x 4 inches.
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.