Lot 99
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A FRENCH GEM-SET PARCEL-GILT LAPIS LAZULI TAZZA
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A FRENCH GEM-SET PARCEL-GILT LAPIS LAZULI TAZZA

MARK OF JULES WIESE, PARIS, CIRCA 1860

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A FRENCH GEM-SET PARCEL-GILT LAPIS LAZULI TAZZA
MARK OF JULES WIESE, PARIS, CIRCA 1860
In the Renaissance style, the circular foot set with faceted foiled gems and pearls, the stem cast with a putto modelled standing upon a lapis lazuli socle, raising aloft a lapis lazuli shell-carved bowl, marked on foot
3 1/2 in. (8.8 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

German-born jeweller and goldsmith Jules Wiese registered his mark in 1858. He first worked in Paris for Froment-Meurice and later participated in the World Exhibition of 1855 where he was awarded gold medals both as a jeweller and as a goldsmith. He won further awards in the exhibitions of 1862 and 1867 and retired in 1880. Wiese father and son were famous for their works inspired by the art of the Middle Ages and, as in the present case, of the Renaissance.

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