Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu

An Art Nouveau diamond and green glass ‘grapes’ brooch, by Fonsèque et Olive, the four grapes of frosted green glass, on textured stems, to a rose-cut diamond set branch, mounted in gold and silver, brooch length 45.5mm. £800-£1,200

These ‘grapes’ brooches, produced in 1889, were a popular design by the French Art Nouveau jewellers Fonsèque et Olive. Olive, who had worked for the renowned Parisian goldsmith and jeweller, Lucien Falize, went into partnership with the jeweller M. Fonsèque in 1885.