French, Froment-Meur brooch,putti, Jules Wiese

French Belle Epoque brooch by Jules Wiese for Maison Froment-Meurice, Paris, in the neo-Renaissance style, 18K with sculpted silver putti, amethysts, enamel and pearls, c. 1850: an outstanding example of bijou-sculpte, the brooch with removable pendant fitting, designed as a girondole, having silver putti embracing a large oval faceted amethyst within a bower of enameled leaves and natural pearls, a large tear-drop amethyst flanked by two smaller amethsyts, all suspending pearls, 95 mm x 55 mm, bail 20 mm, 44,4 g GW