'La Bretonne' pendant, ca. 1900
Henri Vever (1854–1942) is the grandson of
Pierre Vever (1795-1853) who opened a jewellery shop
in Metz, France in 1821 and then founded the eminent French
jewellery house 'Vevet', famous for its Art Nouveau designs.
Henri Vever was trained by his farther, the jeweller Ernest
Vever(1823-84), and he furthered his design education by
attending L’Ecole de Arts Décoratifs and Ecole Nationale
de Beaux-Arts, studying drawing, modelling,
and ornamental design
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Henri Vever (1854–1942) is the grandson of
Pierre Vever (1795-1853) who opened a jewellery shop
in Metz, France in 1821 and then founded the eminent French
jewellery house 'Vevet', famous for its Art Nouveau designs.
Henri Vever was trained by his farther, the jeweller Ernest
Vever(1823-84), and he furthered his design education by
attending L’Ecole de Arts Décoratifs and Ecole Nationale
de Beaux-Arts, studying drawing, modelling,
and ornamental design
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An ivory brooch
Designed as a carved ivory female face,
enhanced by gray and green plique-à-jour enamel
mistletoe, within a gold stemlike surround, suspending a
bezel-set old European-cut diamond and freshwater
pearl drop, mounted in gold, ca. 1900
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Designed as a carved ivory female face,
enhanced by gray and green plique-à-jour enamel
mistletoe, within a gold stemlike surround, suspending a
bezel-set old European-cut diamond and freshwater
pearl drop, mounted in gold, ca. 1900
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