“La Musique” — Signed Art Nouveau Bronze Medal by Adolphe Rivet, French comings-soon warm water-gilt surface that retains

warm water-gilt surface that retains its beautiful original patina with depth and character

The base is finished in rich gold

The fan opens and closes smoothly and remains in excellent vintage condition

a phenomenon caused by the rare earth elements used in its production

Beautiful antique mother of pearl and abalone shell box

“La Musique” — Signed Art Nouveau Bronze Medal by Adolphe Rivet, French comings-soon warm water-gilt surface that retainsA struck bronze art medal depicting the allegory of Music as a robed maiden in profile, cradling a classical lyre against a palm frond, inscribed LA MUSIQUE and signed A. Rivet in the field. Adolphe Rivet (b. Prigueux, 1855) was a Paris Mint medalist, and this same model is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A beautifully modeled Belle poque bronze with a warm honey patina the kind of small sculptural object that reads instantly