Art Nouveau Five Maiden Woman Evening Handbag Purse Unger Brothers Sterling Bag

This is a stunning Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Brooch in the form of a Maiden Woman with extraordinary flowing hair encircling her face adorned with gorgeous flowers and buds. The b...

This is a stunning Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Pendant Necklace or Brooch in the form of a Maiden Woman with extraordinary flowing hair encircling her face adorned with gorgeous flow...

This is a museum quality Art Nouveau Brooch in Sterling Silver depicting a woman musician playing a violin or viola. This rare and extraordinary motif i...

A very rare museum quality Art Nouveau flower maiden brooch in hand painted enamel over Sterling Silver with Gold highlights. A beautiful maiden is depicted with pink and white flo...

This is a museum quality Art Nouveau, 14 Karat Gold, Enamel and Baroque Pearl Pendant-Brooch depicting the beautiful faces of three women whose long flowing hair is adorned with vine...

A spectacular Art Nouveau brooch with images of three maidens in 14 Karat Gold with fine Enamel decoration. The extraordinary Art Nouveau brooch features the faces of three women. ...

A rare Unger Bros. sterling silver pocket cigar case. With sections for 4 cigars and a gold washed interior. The hinge and clasp are in good working order. The side stamped with t...

An Edwardian guilloche enamel coins purse made by E. J. Houlston. Very rare early 20th century enamel oval coin purse, created in Birmingham England during the Edwardian period. Thi...

The "Darling" handbag by celebrity underground artist Lou is a brand new addition to our 2024 collection. Entirely hand fabricated of dark red and black crocodile, ostrich and calfsk...

Classic Early 20th century Lady's platinum and diamond evening purse. The clasp set with circular- cut and baguette diamonds, to a curb link chain, measuring approximately 170 x 140...

Vintage sterling silver mesh coin purse with chain strap. Beautiful with its original warm finish, ""kiss lock"" style closure, floral and swirl etchi...

A guilloche enameled pill box designed by David Andersen. Extremely rare early 20th century enamel pill-box, created in Norway during the late Edwardian and art nouveau period at the workshop of David Andersen, circa 1910. This beautiful box was carefully crafted with impeccable details in solid .925/.999 standard silver with gilded interiors finish. Made of rectangular form with curved edges and fitted with a five barrels hinged lid, that can be raised by a simple thumbpiece. Engine turned guilloche decoration topped with applications of translucent silvered-white and light purple enamels and finally embellished with tiny flowers motifs decorations in high relief. Weight: 59.40 Grams, (38.08 Dwt). Measurements: 65 mm by 38 mm and a height of 13 mm (2.56 x 1.50 x 0.51 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with French and Norwegian marks, the maker's mark associated to David Andersen inside a cartouche, the mark for the assay of the silver S .925 and stamped twice with the French import mark of the swan, for importation. Very interesting exports and imports marks. Note: The hallmark of a swan facing to the left inside an oval (Osprey-124), was introduced in 1893 for small silver items imported into France. The silver product need to have at least a standard assay of .800/999 or over. The swan mark indicates that the item was produced in a non-treaty country and served as an import identification. The swan mark used until 1970. David Andersen David Andersen was born in 1843 in Østre Toten, Innlandet to Anders Svendsen and Anne Margrethe Gulbrandsdatter, and was the father of goldsmith Arthur David-Andersen. He was one of the most important Norwegian goldsmiths. From 1859 he was in apprenticeship with the jeweler Jacob Tostrup in Christiania (now called Oslo). He spent several periods abroad, in Berlin, Stockholm, Paris and London. During his stay in London he also imported Norwegian filigree works to the United Kingdom. He established his own goldsmith workshop in Christiania 1876, which eventually became a leading company in the goldsmith industry in Norway. A significant part of his filigree works was exported to Great Britain. As of 1899 his company employed 92 men...