{"product_id":"french-art-nouveau-fix-gold-snake-green-paste-tie-pin","title":"French Art Nouveau ‘FIX’ Gold Snake \u0026 Green Paste Tie Pin","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wonderfully characterful French Art Nouveau stick pin, dating to circa 1900 and designed as a finely detailed snake coiled within a circular frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe snake is beautifully engraved, with delicate scale-like detailing along the body and a small vivid green paste stone set into the head as an eye. Its curling form is wonderfully typical of Art Nouveau jewellery, when snakes, insects, flowers and other natural motifs were reimagined in sinuous, highly decorative forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pin is marked FIX, the celebrated French name associated with particularly high-quality gold-covered jewellery. FIX pieces were produced using a substantial layer of gold over a base-metal core, creating the rich appearance and durability of solid gold at a more accessible level. The mark is closely associated with the Parisian firm of Savard, whose FIX jewellery became especially popular around the turn of the 20th century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe snake itself has long been used in jewellery as a symbol of eternity, renewal and enduring affection, its circular form here adding beautifully to that sense of continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA charming and very wearable little piece of French Art Nouveau design, perfect on a lapel, tie or cravat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parkin and Gerrish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57612271845749,"sku":"197M","price":180.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/3428\/6475\/files\/DSC_0579_078c6eba-f92e-4038-b43f-5ca8448d40ce.jpg?v=1790550367","url":"https:\/\/parkinandgerrish.com\/en-fr\/products\/french-art-nouveau-fix-gold-snake-green-paste-tie-pin","provider":"Parkin and Gerrish","version":"1.0","type":"link"}