Stogieman Posted June 29 Posted June 29 Good Morning! This star is on eBay.de now. Allegedly a private purchase piece made in Paris. Quality looks very good except I think the hinge for the pin looks very clutzy and inconsistent with the rest of the piece. Opinions, comments , rude remarks??
augustin1813 Posted June 29 Posted June 29 I have never seen this type ojf signature from Lemaître. J. L. Guitera says that, from 1844 - 1845, Lemaître useda metalic label attached to the back of the star. (J. L. Guitera: Les marques de fabricants sur les plaques d'ordres de chevalerie en métal fabriquées à Paris de 1815 à 1870).
VtwinVince Posted June 29 Posted June 29 The seller claims that this piece came out of the von Alvensleben estate. Buy the piece, not the story.
Stogieman Posted July 1 Author Posted July 1 Agreed Vince! And based on the pin/hinge I would pass on the piece. Just doesn’t look consistent with a quality, private purchase item!
bolewts58 Posted July 2 Posted July 2 My guess is this might be an early Ernst Blass concoction from the 1970s. Back then, knowledge about the French maker would have been rudimentary at best and I think it would have just added a bit of exotica to the piece that would have fooled most collectors.
VtwinVince Posted July 2 Posted July 2 Could very well be a Blass concoction, his creations do turn up regularly.
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