Fine American 14ct Taille D’Epargne Bracelet Circa 1875 1840 Materials and Features: coral

Materials and Features: coral

Art Nouveau jewelry contained soft

perhaps from of a society or brotherhood

For the collector with a penchant for Georgian jewels of prodigious quality

hence the popularity of agates fashioned as this massive central cabochon

Fine American 14ct Taille D’Epargne Bracelet Circa 1875 1840 Materials and Features: coralTaille d'pargne, or black enamel tracery, is one of my favorite ornamentation techniques. A French term meaning "sparing cut," this technique is similar to champlev, where lines are engraved into a metal base and then filled with an opaque enamel, similar to the process of basse taille enameling. Taille d'pargne is particularly gorgeous because it focuses and hi lights the fabulous contrast between black and gold. The technique reached its pinnacle in