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**A RARE IVORY, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET PENDANT BROOCH, BY LUIS MASRIERA
Designed as a green, blue, pink and white plique-à-jour enamel gothic window, centering upon a woman's profile depicting Isolde, with rose-cut diamond hair, wearing a rose-cut diamond and gold gothic crown, enhanced by a griffin, the crown suspending rose-cut diamond drops and a circular foliate pendant, to the square-cut sapphire, rose and old European-cut diamond trim, with textured bird detail suspending an old European-cut diamond and pearl drop, mounted in gold, circa 1900
Designed as a green, blue, pink and white plique-à-jour enamel gothic window, centering upon a woman's profile depicting Isolde, with rose-cut diamond hair, wearing a rose-cut diamond and gold gothic crown, enhanced by a griffin, the crown suspending rose-cut diamond drops and a circular foliate pendant, to the square-cut sapphire, rose and old European-cut diamond trim, with textured bird detail suspending an old European-cut diamond and pearl drop, mounted in gold, circa 1900
Literature
Vivienne Becker, Art Nouveau Jewelry, E.P. Dutton, New York, 1985, page 326
Barbara Cartlidge, Twentieth-Century Jewelry, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1985, page 32
Barbara Cartlidge, Twentieth-Century Jewelry, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1985, page 32
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
Further details
Arguably the most significant Spanish Art Nouveau jeweler, Luis Masriera was the son of a painter and goldsmith. Having taken over the family jewelry firm in Barcelona, he went to study at the Geneva Académie des Beaux Arts, under the famous enamellist, Lossier. After visiting Lalique's display at the International Exhibition in 1900, Masriera returned to Barcelona and began creating jewels in the Art Nouveau style. Wagner's operas were extremely popular in Spain when the Isolde pendant was made by Masriera. Inspired by Wagner's affair with Mathilde Wesendonck, the basic theme of Tristan and Isolde is forbidden love; the story comes from a thirteenth century medieval romance by Gottfried von Strassburg.