{"id":10215,"date":"2026-07-02T18:14:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/?p=10215"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:18:56","slug":"important-george-fonseque-brooch-pendant-circa-1905-in-gold-enamel-aquamarines-and-topaz-measuring-8-x-5-4-cm-accompanied-by-a-gemmological-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/important-george-fonseque-brooch-pendant-circa-1905-in-gold-enamel-aquamarines-and-topaz-measuring-8-x-5-4-cm-accompanied-by-a-gemmological-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Important George Fons\u00e8que Brooch-Pendant, circa 1905, in gold, enamel, aquamarines and topaz, measuring\u00a08 \u00d7 5.4 cm, accompanied by a gemmological certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Type:<\/strong>&nbsp;Antique jewel<br><strong>Period:<\/strong>&nbsp;Circa 1905<br><strong>Origin:<\/strong>&nbsp;French workmanship (George Fons\u00e8que maker&rsquo;s mark)<br><strong>Metal:<\/strong>&nbsp;18K gold (750\/1000)<br><strong>Gross weight:<\/strong>&nbsp;12.88 g<br><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong>&nbsp;8 \u00d7 5.4 cm<br><strong>Gemstones:<\/strong>&nbsp;Aquamarines and topaz (accompanied by a certificate issued by&nbsp;<strong>Bellerophon Gemlab Paris Place Vend\u00f4me<\/strong>), with rose-cut diamonds<br><strong>Condition:<\/strong>&nbsp;Very good overall condition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br>George Fons\u00e8que is best known for his collaboration with \u00c9mile Olive, which gave rise to the celebrated \u00ab\u00a0grape\u00a0\u00bb brooches praised by Henri Vever in&nbsp;<em>French Jewellery of the Nineteenth Century<\/em>. While one example of these brooches is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, this floral model appears to be unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0Sold<br><strong>Reference:<\/strong>\u00a018 124 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type:&nbsp;Antique jewelPeriod:&nbsp;Circa 1905Origin:&nbsp;French workmanship (George Fons\u00e8que maker&rsquo;s mark)Metal:&nbsp;18K gold (750\/1000)Gross weight:&nbsp;12.88 gDimensions:&nbsp;8 \u00d7 5.4 cmGemstones:&nbsp;Aquamarines and topaz (accompanied by a certificate issued by&nbsp;Bellerophon Gemlab Paris Place Vend\u00f4me), with rose-cut diamondsCondition:&nbsp;Very good overall condition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,29,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-nouveau","category-other-jewels","category-signed-jewellery","category-spindles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10221,"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10215\/revisions\/10221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maison-riondet.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}