AN EXCEPTIONAL AND ELABORATE FRENCH GOLD PARURE

Description:

Paris, Louis-Prosper Fontenay, ca. 1830
L. ca. 5/8/16/48 cm
18kt gold. Necklace with detachable showpiece and pendants. The necklace showpiece can be used as a clasp for a collier-de-chien, which can be composed of two bracelets. Furthermore a belt buckle and a pair of earrings with detachable pendants. Very fine gold work, links partly in the shape of laurel leaves, the show pieces with floral decoration and shells, gold filigree work and granulation. French hallmarks, repuncture stamps, on one bracelet master's mark of Louis-Prosper Fontenay (hallmark registered 1823). Total ca. 92 gr., the belt buckle with brass backing ca. 31 gr. Minimal age damage.
South German private collection, acquired in the 1980ies