Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

A German white painted metal necklace and a pair of similar earclips, by Henkel and Grosse, the collar necklace of ribbon loop links with textured detail decorated with matt white enamel paint, signed, the earclips of stylized feathered design, similarly decorated and signed, necklace length approximately 36-38cm. £100-120

The firm of Henkel and Grosse was formed in 1907 by Heinrich Henkel and Florentin Grosse (the firm was originally named Suddeutsche Gold und Haar-Bijouterie). They produced cutting edge costume jewellery from non precious materials such as bronze, aluminium, wood, bakelie and galalite. In the 1930s they began working with fashion labels including Lavin and Schiaparelli in Paris, Harrods in London and Saks in New York and in the 1950s worked with Christian Dior, although they always produced independent collections under their own name too. The firm was awarded the diplome d’honneur for their designs at the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la vie Modern, in Paris.