Fine Jewels

Of fringe design, featuring alternating clusters of wheat ears and twin scrolls decorated with twisted wirework and beadwork, connected by a woven chain with cylindrical ropetwist , length approximately 370mm, maker's mark, French assay mark.

View 1 of Lot 73: Etrsucan Revival gold fringe necklace, circa 1890

etrsucan revival gold fringe necklace, circa 1890

Important Jewels

Designed a graduated fringe composed of alternating palmette and blade motifs, length approximately 390mm, unsigned, partial French maker’s and assay marks for gold.

View 1 of Lot 725: Gold necklace, mid-19th century

gold necklace, mid-19th century

The World of Eugène Atget: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art

Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit the Development of MoMA's Collection

Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit the Development of MoMA's Collection Eugène Atget 1857 - 1927 Cyprès (Fontenay) albumen print, numbered '992' in the negative, titled and numbered in pencil and with the photographer's Rue Campagne-Première studio stamp on the reverse image: 6¾ by 8½ in. (17.1 by 21.6 cm.) Executed in 1919-21.

cyprès (fontenay)

Designed in the Etruscan style with articulated alternating geometric panels, one panel decorated with overlaid discs of wire with a central bead, the other with wire work discs emitting curving threads, to a hidden woven chain, length approximately 180mm, maker's mark, French assay mark.

View 1 of Lot 74: Etruscan Revival gold bracelet, circa 1870 

etruscan revival gold bracelet, circa 1870

Royal & Noble Jewels

Set with a graduated series of cushion-shaped gemstones including spinels, sapphires, emeralds and yellow sapphires, framed by old cushion-shaped and rose diamonds, length approximately 170mm, numbered, maker’s mark for Eugène Fontenay, French assay marks and Austrian import mark for gold, one small diamond deficient.

Set with a graduated series of cushion-shaped gemstones including spinels, sapphires, emeralds and yellow sapphires, framed by old cushion-shaped and rose diamonds, length approximately 170mm, numbered, maker’s mark for Eugène Fontenay, French assay marks and Austrian import mark for gold, one small diamond deficient. ﻿Accompanied by SSEF report no. 140856, dated 6 September 2024, stating that the spinel weighing 5.93 carats shows no indications of heating.

View 1 of Lot 1078: Rare and Exquisite gem set and diamond bracelet, circa 1870

rare and exquisite gem set and diamond bracelet, circa 1870

Magnificent Jewels

Property from a Private Collection, Menlo Park, California

Property from a Private Collection, Menlo Park, California Eugène Fontenay | Archaelogical-Revival Gold and Enamel Pendant || Pair of Gold and Enamel Pendant-Earrings The pendant formed in the shape of an apse with an enamel portrait of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, in conquest whilst astride a white horse and brandishing a spear, set in a frame embellished with gold granules and twisted gold wire suspending numerous gold arrows; the accompanying earrings of complementary design featuring pairs of Erotes in target practice with bows and arrows, pendant with French assay and maker’s mark for Eugène Fontenay, earrings unsigned; circa 1870. With fitted embossed leather case stamped Mackay, Cunningham & Co., Edinburgh.

View 1 of Lot 173: Eugène Fontenay | Archaelogical-Revival Gold and Enamel Pendant || Pair of Gold and Enamel Pendant-Earrings

eugène fontenay | archaelogical-revival gold and enamel pendant || pair of gold and enamel pendant-earrings

Composed of brushed gold square panels, each decorated with a rosette of ropetwist design centering a button-shaped pearl, each panel inscribed to the reverse, length approximately 185mm, numbered, maker’s mark for Eugène Fontenay, French assay mark for gold.

Composed of brushed gold square panels, each decorated with a rosette of ropetwist design centering a button-shaped pearl, each panel inscribed to the reverse, length approximately 185mm, numbered, maker’s mark for Eugène Fontenay, French assay mark for gold. Please note that the pearls have not been tested for natural origin.

View 1 of Lot 724: Gold and pearl bracelet, circa 1870

gold and pearl bracelet, circa 1870

The Weekly Edit: Fine Jewels | Geneva

Eugène Fontenay Gold and seed pearl necklace, circa 1870 Designed as a fringe alternating foliate and scroll motifs, highlighted with drop shaped and round seed pearls, shortest length approximately 320mm, together with two additional links. total length 410mm, unsigned, attributed to Eugène Fontenay. Please note that the pearls have not been tested for natural origin. ﻿To view Shipping Calculator, please click here

gold and seed pearl necklace, circa 1870

Of festoon design, set with cushion-shaped rubies and pearls linked by openwork foliate links, decorated with black enamel, suspending a baroque pearl fringe, accented by cushion-shaped rubies and a cushion-shaped diamond, length approximately 305mm, maker's mark, French assay mark.

View 1 of Lot 85: Renaissance Revival pearl, ruby, pearl, enamel and fringe necklace, circa 1870

renaissance revival pearl, ruby, pearl, enamel and fringe necklace, circa 1870

Of fringe design, featuring floral and scroll motifs, detailed with gold ropetwist.

Of fringe design, featuring floral and scroll motifs, detailed with gold ropetwist. Length 15¼ inchesFrench assay marks and workshop mark for Eugène Fontenay18 karat goldGross weight approximately 36 dwtsCirca 1870

gold necklace

The continuous uniform fringe decorated with wirework and filigree scrolls, each surmounted by a floret, length 15½ inches, maker's mark EF and French assay marks.

The continuous uniform fringe decorated with beads, wirework and florettes, the matching fringe earclips with open triangle surmounts, necklace length 15½ inches, maker's mark for Fontenay, French assay marks. 

The flexible collar composed of graduated fringes decorated with a meandering filigree scroll motif, gross weight approximately 79 dwts., length 15¾ inches, maker's mark for Fontenay, French assay marks, together with a 2-inch extension.

eugene fontenay, `les bijoux anciens et modernes`, maison quantin, paris 1887.,...

The pendant-brooch centered by a pear-shaped enamel plaque featuring the Greek goddess Artemis framed by gold granulation and twisted gold wire, with a square-shaped cluster of granulation above and below, bearing a plaque with her name in Greek letters, suspending a gold fringe; the earrings of similar design, decorated with pear-shaped enamels featuring Erotes, one with a bow, the other with an arrow, with French assay marks and maker's marks for Eugène Fontenay, circa 1870. With fitted leather case.

The pendant-locket centered by a circular enamel plaque depicting Eros brandishing a thyrsus astride a rampant tiger, encircled by rose-cut diamonds within a frame of gold granulation and twisted gold wire, suspended from a bail of coiled serpents around a double-ended thyrsus, the locket interior fitted with a glazed compartment, completed by a flexible 'spiral rope' gold choker necklace, length 15½ inches, circa 1870.

archaeological-revival enamel and diamond pendant-locket and choker, attributed to eugène fontenay

The front suspending a fringe composed of spherical and spear-shaped links topped by florets, gross weight approximately 30 dwts, length 15 inches, with French assay and maker's marks; circa 1870.

gold fringe necklace, eugene fontenay, circa 1875

gold necklace, probably eugene fontenay, circa 1870, designed as a row of square...

gold bracelet, probably by eugene fontenay, french, circa 1875, the wide band of...

eighteen-karat gold ``archaeological revival' ' necklace, eugene fontenay, circa 1870

gold, enamelled miniature and diamond pendant -locket, eugene fontenay, circa 1870

18 karat gold "archaeological revival" neckla ce, eugene fontenay, circa 1870

fontenay, eugène. les bijoux anciens et modernes. paris: maison quantin, 1887, 4to...

The graduated fringe necklace decorated with floral scrollwork accents, gross weight approximately 88 dwts, length 15¾ inches, with French assay and maker's marks; circa 1875.

In Revivalist style, the pendant featuring a polychrome enamel scene of Daphne turning into a tree, within a gold lobed frame of conforming shape decorated with sprays of cattails, twisted wire and beadwork, supporting five fringes above the Greek letters for "Daphne,"  with separate gold brooch fitting, maker's marks, French assay marks;  together with a gold chain necklace with central pendant loop, length 15 ½ inches, signed Tiffany & Co. and a fitted leather and velvet case stamped Tiffany & Co. New York. 

Library of Marcel de Merre

Flaubert, Gustave. L'Education Sentimentale. Paris, Louis Conard, 1910.Appendice aux oeuvres complètes. Oeuvres de jeunesse inédites. III. 1845-1846.Bradel toile verte, dos lisse, couverture et dos conservés.

Flaubert, Gustave. L'Education Sentimentale. Paris, Louis Conard, 1910.Appendice aux oeuvres complètes. Oeuvres de jeunesse inédites. III. 1845-1846.Bradel toile verte, dos lisse, couverture et dos conservés. Hugo, Victor. Les Feuilles d'Automne. Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1832. Exemplaire d'Antoine Fontanay, dédicataire d'un des poèmes des Feuilles d'Automne. Edition Originale. In-8. Frontispice orné d'une vignette de Johannot gravée par Porret. Envoi autographe signé: "A mon ami A. Fontanay V. H.", sur le faux-titre. Reliure signée de Cuzain, dorée par Maillard: maroquin rouge janséniste, dos à nerfs, tranches dorées sur marbrure. Hugo, Victor. Les Rayons et les Ombres. Oeuvres complètes. Poésie VII. Paris, Delloye, 1840. Edition originale. In-8. Reliure signée de Lemardeley: demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée. Gregh, Fernand. La Maison de l'Enfance. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1897. Edition originale. In-12. Tirage: exemplaire n° 8, un des 15 exemplaire sur Hollande. Signature autographe de l'auteur sur le faux-titre. Reliure signée de Chambolle-Duru: maroquin bleu turquoise janséniste, dos à nerfs, doublure du même maroquin ornée d'  

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