Rare Enamel Brooch By Adolphe Penin Of Lyon, Virgin Mary With Child, Circa 1910, Excellent Condition
Rare Enamel Brooch By Adolphe Penin Of Lyon, Virgin Mary With Child, Circa 1910, Excellent Condition
Rare Enamel Brooch By Adolphe Penin Of Lyon, Virgin Mary With Child, Circa 1910, Excellent Condition
Rare Enamel Brooch By Adolphe Penin Of Lyon, Virgin Mary With Child, Circa 1910, Excellent Condition

Rare Enamel Brooch By Adolphe Penin Of Lyon, Virgin Mary With Child, Circa 1910, Excellent Condition

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Rare Enamel Brooch By Adolphe Penin Of Lyon, Virgin Mary With Child, Circa 1910, Excellent Condition

This beautiful enamel brooch is signed Penin of Lyon. The Penin family were the most famous medal makers in France and work by all the members of the family adorn the great museums of the world.

Adolphe Penin, the grandson of Ludovic Penin, was born in 1888 and took up the family business, after graduating from the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts of Lyon and then of Paris but only a very few medals bear his signature 'Penin of Lyon' because he was seriously wounded during the 1914-1918 war and his wounds ended his career.

So this is a very rare example of his work.

It is a lovely deep blue and white enamel in a gilded bronze setting with a pin on the back.

It measures 4 x 2.4 centimetres.