BAPST & FALIZE, French work from the late 19th century - Lot 94

BAPST & FALIZE, French work from the late 19th century Rigid opening cuff bracelet in yellow gold 750‰ composed of three tubular rushes terminating in confronted fawn heads holding in their jaws overmoldings of antique coins, the whole shouldered with laurel branches. The reverse of the bracelet is adorned with a stylized ribbon holding an unencrypted cartouche. The hinge and ratchet clasp are in the form of lictor beams. Unsigned. Wrist circumference: 16.5cm. Width: 3.7cm. P. : 99,6 g. (Slight dents, small crack). Presented in its original worn blue morocco case signed "Ancienne Maison Bapst, Joaillier de la Couronne, BAPST & FALIZE, Grand Prix, 1878, 4 rue d'Antin, Paris", engraved "L.C.". Bibliography: VEVER Henri, La bijouterie française du XIXe siècle, Paris, H. Fleury, 1906-1908, pp. 502, for a reproduction of this model "BRACELETS EN OR CISELE par Lucien Falize (1890)".