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WIESE

Chimera necklace

Reference : 8256

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We find the same subject, but for brooch use, at the British Museum, under number 998, part of the Hull Grundy donation.

The British Museum believes that this motif would have been designed by Jules WIESE (1818-1890), father of Louis WIESE, in the twenty years which followed the restoration work of Notre Dame de Paris carried out by VIOLLET-LE-DUC from 1840 

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WIESE

Chimera necklace

Reference : 8256


Necklace signed "WIESE", composed of eight four-lobed patterns connected by fine smooth or twisted chain links. The openwork trilobe pendant of a chimera presents three fantastic animal heads around the rim. A hook on the back can be used as a watch holder. Presence of two "eagle's head" marks, a "warthog's head" mark and two jeweler's marks for Louis WIESE (in use from 1890 to 1923)

  • Category : Necklaces
  • Metal : yellow gold 18k (750‰)
  • Measurement : length : 49,5 cm - pendant diameter: 4,1 cm - thickness: 1,1 cm
  • Weight : 66,28 g
  • Condition : excellent condition
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We find the same subject, but for brooch use, at the British Museum, under number 998, part of the Hull Grundy donation.

The British Museum believes that this motif would have been designed by Jules WIESE (1818-1890), father of Louis WIESE, in the twenty years which followed the restoration work of Notre Dame de Paris carried out by VIOLLET-LE-DUC from 1840 

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