Jewellery - 16th July 2015
Lot 1688
A French gold stickpin
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £190
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Description
A French gold stickpin, depicting the profile of a woman wearing a winged helmet with a mistletoe border, signed Becker for Edmund Henri Becker, the reverse chased with mistletoe and stamped Fix. 1.5cm wide.
For similar design see pendant, Michael Poynder, Price Guide to Jewellery, plate 208, page 265.
A French Art Nouveau gold stickpin depicting a woman's face wearing large earrings and her flowering hair forming the border, small diamond, French control mark and signed indistinctly but probably Janvier for Lucien. 1.2cm wide.
For similar pendant see Vivienne Becker, Art Nouveau Jewellery, plate 30.