"The Kiss", Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918) most celebrated painting, portrays a couple locked in an embrace on the edge of a flower stem.
24 Karat antique gold-plate over pewter.
Napoleon's Golden Bee
Inspired by the Bee motif embroidered on the canopy of Napoléon 1st's Throne, Jean-François Garneray (1755-1837): Napoléon 1er Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie. c. 1805.
The Bee - symbol of immortality and resurrection, was considered the oldest emblem of the sovereigns of France. It was chosen as the link between the new dynasty to the very origins of France.
24 Karat gold-plate over pewter.
Inspired by the French designer Eugene Alaine Seguy. From the Brooklyn Museum Library Collection, Seguy's "Insects" (1928).
Enameled 24 karat antique gold over pewter.
Inspired by the famous Water-Lily motif by Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926), The Water-Lily pond was the center of his "Nympheas" paintings. It symbolizes eloquence and purity.
24 Karat antique gold-plate over pewter.
Inspired by a detail from Hector Giacomelli's (French, 1822-1904) "The Bird Perch", at the Art Institute of Chicago's Library Collection.
24 Karat antique gold-plate over pewter.