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