SW15 Collectables

Description

Art Nouveau - Enamelled bronze buckle around a cast, silver-plate on copper medallion signed Rives, with maker\'s mark for Piel Frères – ca. 1900 - 9x6cm.

This collectors\' buckle by the pioneering Parisian, Art Nouveau jewellers is in silver plated bronze and enamel. It consists of a circular medallion surrounded by stylised foliate scrolling relief work, enamelled in blue and white. The medallion depicts the profile head and shoulders of Marianne wearing a winged helmet and is signed by the artist: Rives (initial unidentified). To the edge of the medallion a clear paste stone is set at each of the the cardinal points of the compass. The maker\'s mark for Piel Frères is clear to the back of the buckle.

Piel Frères won the Grand Prix at the International Exhibition in Paris 1900 – causing a sensation with its fashionable but inexpensive \"art\" jewels.

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