$17,220
Arts & Crafts Gold, Enamel, and Gem-set Pendant Necklace, Frank Gardner Hale, designed as a stylized butterfly with carved serpentine wings and flexibly-set enamel center, suspending carved green hardstone drops, with jade bosses, jade and enamel clasp, and joined by flattened curb link chain, the pendant lg. 4 3/4 x 3 1/2, the chain lg. 38 in., signed F.G. HALE, in original fitted box. Provenance: The necklace passed down through the family of Irma Endres Diescher Messler. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1887, attended Pennsylvania University for Women, and studied abroad in Paris. She married George Messler in 1924 and they moved to the North East. After her husband George passed away, Irma moved to St Petersburg FL. She passed away in 1967 and the necklace descended through the family.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-09-29
