Elisabeth Bonté | Collier corne et pâte de verre | Horn and glass paste necklace

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March 27, 03:57 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 2,200 EUR

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Description

Retenant en pendentif une fleur de fuchsia en corne scupltée colorée en rouge et en vert, sur un cordon de soie décoré de perles et d’une goutte de pâte de verre et de motifs de pétales en corne, longueur 510 mm environ, signé, poids brut 24.56 g, vers 1900.

Suspending a carved horn fuchsia flower pendant colored in red and green, to a silk cord decorated with glass paste beads and drop, carved horn petals, length approximately 510mm, signed, gross weight 24.56 grams, 1900s.

Elizabeth Bonte is recognized as one of the great Parisian Art Nouveau jewelers, also specialized in the use and carving of the horn. She was inspired by Lalique, and created very naturalistic pieces of flowers, trees and the insects that were so popular during the Art Nouveau period.