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Wièse

Cow horn, tortoiseshell and gold hair pin

Session begins in

October 8, 08:30 AM GMT

Estimate

5,500 - 7,500 EUR

Bid

4,800 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

The terminal of foliate and openwork design, to a cow horn and tortoiseshell double prong.

  • Measuring approximatively 115 x 33mm
  • Signed Wièse
  • French assay mark for 18 carat gold, maker's mark
  • 1900s
  • Gross weight
  • With a fitted case stamped Wièse
Veuillez noter que ce lot contient de l’écaille de tortue, un spécimen classé à l’Annexe I au titre de la Convention de Washington, l’Annexe A du Règlement Communautaire Européen 338/97 de décembre 1996, ainsi qu’au Code de l’environnement français. Conformément à la loi américaine sur les matières provenant d’espèces menacées ou en danger (Endangered Species Act 1973 (ESA)), les clients basés aux Etats-Unis ne sont pas en mesure d’enchérir ou d’acheter ce lot. L’impossibilité par l’acheteur d’exporter ou d’importer ces lots ne justifie par un retard de paiement ou l’annulation de la vente. L’exportation de ce bien hors de France (y compris vers d’autres pays de l’Union Européenne), ainsi que son exportation hors de l’Union Européenne, peuvent-être subordonnées à l’obtention d’une ou plusieurs autorisation(s) d’exporter ou d’importer. Sotheby’s, sur demande et contre paiement de frais administratifs, peut présenter une demande d’autorisation pour exporter votre(vos) Lot(s) hors de France. Please note that this lot contains tortoiseshell, a specimen listed in Appendix I of the Washington Convention, in Annex A of European Community Regulation No. 338/97 of December 1996, and under the French Environmental Code. Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act 1973 (ESA), client based in the United States are not able to bid on/purchase this lot. Buyer’s inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or a sale’s cancellation. The export of this property from France (including to other Member States of the European Union), as well as export from the European Union, may be subject to one or more export or import licenses being granted. Sotheby’s, upon request and for an administrative fee, may apply for a license to export your Lot(s) outside France.

Jules Wiese, father of Louis Wiese, was already regarded as one of the most accomplished chasers of his time. Having left Germany, he settled in Paris in 1839, where he was employed as a foreman in the workshop of the celebrated goldsmith François‑Désiré Froment‑Meurice, before establishing his own atelier.

In 1880, his son Louis Wiese joined the workshop and assumed its leadership in 1890. He remained deeply committed to the aesthetic principles established by his father, embracing a Romantic vision of jewellery distinguished by a pronounced affinity for Renaissance revival forms. Drawing upon architectural motifs, particularly those associated with the court of Francois I. Louis Wiese reinterpreted historic ornamentation, translating its richness and structure into finely wrought jewels of remarkable sculptural quality.