The bright reflective background of this petite brooch by Canada’s Robert Gervais both contrasts and highlights the solid gloss black and transparent green enamelling of its design
unsigned (#B 15 in the Vidal catalogue)
designer: Matti Hyvarinen
it evokes both ice and rock
The open spaces around the two main elements allow light to play through
de Passille-Sylvestre big birds pendant Orrefors The bright reflective background ofby: de Passill Sylvestre, Canada materials: enamel, silver plated pewter marks: de Passill Sylvestre size: 3 1 8" x 2 7 8", chain 27" The amazingly talented couple, Micheline de Passill and Yves Sylvestre, first opened their store in St Adele, Quebec in 1960. Their range of styles from the highly abstract through to their delicate, lifelike botanicals was as prolific as their output. On this piece, the design of stylized, contented looking birds with