Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu

A gold stickpin by Wièse, French, late 19th century, the roundel modelled as a griffin eating berries and signed ‘WIESE’ with lozenge maker’s mark (WIESE with star above and below) to the terminal and the pin, French eagle’s head assay mark to the pin, length 7.8cm. £400-£600

In 1890, Louis Wièse registered his own maker’s mark, (distinct from his father Jules’s earlier maker’s mark), the new mark showed the name ‘WIESE’ with a star above and below, in a horizontal lozenge, as seen on this stickpin.