Lot 437 , Josef Siess Sohne, a rare enamel and diamond brooch, Austria, circa 1910

Josef Siess Sohne, a rare enamel and diamond brooch, Austria, circa 1910, designed as a kingfisher on a branch in outline, applied with blue, red and black enamel, its eye set with a cabochon onyx, its throat set with rose-cut diamonds, mounted in gold, length 5.6cm, Austrian assay marks, maker's mark SJS for Josef Siess Sohne, stamped 585, gross weight 6 grams

Cf.: Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 477, for a tree frog brooch in Siess's distinctively outlined style, heavily influenced by Japonisme
£300-500

Condition:
Some chips to enamel, otherwise in good condition.

Sold for £700