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Falize Cloisonné Enamel and Diamond Pendant-Watch Brooch
- This pendant-watch is an extraordinary example of Falize’s Renaissance Revival artistry
- The masterpiece combines meticulous cloisonné enamel, gold, silver and rose-cut diamonds
- The pendant is adorned with a stylized winged creature terminating in the face of a crowned man
- Falize's creations were coveted by royalty and can be found in major museum collections worldwide
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$74,500
Item No.
32-2495
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Description
An extraordinary example of Falize’s Renaissance Revival artistry, this pendant-watch brooch combines meticulous cloisonné enamel with 18K yellow gold, silver, and rose-cut diamonds in a masterful composition. The masterpiece is adorned with a vibrant foliate enamel pattern with a stylized winged creature terminating in the face of a crowned, bearded male, curling gracefully around two rose-cut diamond flowers. The watch case is further embellished with a rose-cut diamond cipher, completing this exquisite display of 19th-century. . .
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An extraordinary example of Falize’s Renaissance Revival artistry, this pendant-watch brooch combines meticulous cloisonné enamel with 18K yellow gold, silver, and rose-cut diamonds in a masterful composition. The masterpiece is adorned with a vibrant foliate enamel pattern with a stylized winged creature terminating in the face of a crowned, bearded male, curling gracefully around two rose-cut diamond flowers. The watch case is further embellished with a rose-cut diamond cipher, completing this exquisite display of 19th-century French decorative art. Lemonnier retailed the jewel and comes complete with its original fitted Falize box.
Falize, founded in Paris in 1838 by Alexis Falize and later directed by Lucien Falize, was celebrated for creating jewelry as art with a particular mastery of cloisonné enamel and historic revival styles. The firm produced works for European aristocracy, contributed to the Renaissance Revival and early Art Nouveau movements, and remains represented in major museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum and the Walters Art Museum.
Circa 1878
4 7/8" high x 1 3/16" wide
Dust cover engraved "Lemonnier, Ancien Joailler de la Couronne" (Lemonnier, Former Jeweler to the Crown)
Falize, founded in Paris in 1838 by Alexis Falize and later directed by Lucien Falize, was celebrated for creating jewelry as art with a particular mastery of cloisonné enamel and historic revival styles. The firm produced works for European aristocracy, contributed to the Renaissance Revival and early Art Nouveau movements, and remains represented in major museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum and the Walters Art Museum.
Circa 1878
4 7/8" high x 1 3/16" wide
Dust cover engraved "Lemonnier, Ancien Joailler de la Couronne" (Lemonnier, Former Jeweler to the Crown)
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Specifications
| Period: | 19th Century |
| Origin: | France |
| Type: | Wristwatches |
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