'Les Trois Crabes' Art Nouveau Brooch

Description / Expertise

GEORGES FOUQUET 1862-1957
'Les Trois Crabes'
An Important Art Nouveau Brooch
French. Circa 1900
Gold, with plique-a-jour & translucent enamel, diamonds & pearl
Length: 7cm (2.76 in) Width: 9cm (3.54 in)
Marked 'GF' twice, on brooch frame & pin
Minor repair to one plique window
Fitted case
Literature: cf. Die Fouquet, 1860-1960, Schmuck Kunstler in Paris,
Museum Bellerive, Zurich, 1984.
Schmuck Kunst im Jugendstil, Art Nouveau Jewellery,
Arnoldsche, 1999, p.33-50.
The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Jewellery, volume 1,
A-K, Alastair Duncan, 1994, p.247-260
Illustrated: Art Nouveau, The French Aesthetic,
Victor Arwas, 1992, p.360