A jewelled and gold vine brooch by Fonseque et Olive

the naturalistically chased yellow gold stem mounted with a rose diamond
set vine leaf and five green glass grapes.

Georges Fonseque and Emile Olive made a specialty of these brooches in the form of grapes.
They were originally supplied in miniature wooden wine cases.

For a similar brooch see Henri Vever's La Bijouterie Française au XIXe Siècle,
translated by Katherine Purcell, page 1024.

Paris, circa 1889
3.5 cm across.

£5, 200 including VAT