Jugendstil walking stick, silver depicting a cicada with a woman’s face, signed Janesich, Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire, early 1900s.

Vienna, Austria 1905.

8.800 EURO

Art Nouveau walking stick: curved handle, designed and crafted by Leopoldo Janesich, in silver with gilded reliefs. An imposing and deeply carved stick. Thick ribbons in pure Art Nouveau style cover the first part of the handle, from the shaft to the end of the stick. At the center, on the curved part of the handle, is a finely carved woman’s face, with long hair and a crown of roses flowers with faceted emeralds in the center, from which two long wings emerge, resembling a cicada. Small pieces of paua mother-of-pearl (sea opal) are embedded along the wings. The cane is made of ebony wood with a metal ferrule. Signed Leopold Janesich, Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire, early 1900s. Originally from Dalmatia, Leopold Janesich (1802–1880) founded his business in 1835 in prosperous Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on the Adriatic Sea. Janesich created high-quality jewelry and silverware for a distinguished clientele, and his choice of Trieste made his luxury products accessible to the European affluent. Upon his death, his son Giovanni (1826–1927) took over the business and opened a branch in Paris in 1900, continuing to run the Trieste business. The house collaborated with leading jewelers such as Bulgari, Maison Vever, Boucheron, Chaumet, and Daum.

37” – 94 CM H 4,75” – 12 CM L 1” – 2,5 CM D

REF: M6232

Art Nouveau walking stick: curved handle, designed and crafted by Leopoldo Janesich, in silver with gilded reliefs. An imposing and deeply carved stick. Thick ribbons in pure Art Nouveau style cover the first part of the handle, from the shaft to the end of the stick. At the center, on the curved part of the handle, is a finely carved woman’s face, with long hair and a crown of roses flowers with faceted emeralds in the center, from which two long wings emerge, resembling a cicada. Small pieces of paua mother-of-pearl (sea opal) are embedded along the wings. The cane is made of ebony wood with a metal ferrule. Signed Leopold Janesich, Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire, early 1900s. Originally from Dalmatia, Leopold Janesich (1802–1880) founded his business in 1835 in prosperous Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on the Adriatic Sea. Janesich created high-quality jewelry and silverware for a distinguished clientele, and his choice of Trieste made his luxury products accessible to the European affluent. Upon his death, his son Giovanni (1826–1927) took over the business and opened a branch in Paris in 1900, continuing to run the Trieste business. The house collaborated with leading jewelers such as Bulgari, Maison Vever, Boucheron, Chaumet, and Daum.
37” – 94 CM H 4,75” – 12 CM L 1” – 2,5 CM D
REF: M6232