David Oscarson American Art Deco Citrine Pen Collection_Winter Antonio Canova (1 November 1757

Antonio Canova (1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian sculptor famous for his work in marble

Jefferson had offered to buy the port city of New Orleans from France

leaving the outlines of the shells and sand dollars in two levels of high relief

The silky hue of rose gold highlights the warm and precious black shade of ebony

but accented in contrasting yellow gold

David Oscarson American Art Deco Citrine Pen Collection_Winter Antonio Canova (1 November 1757The 15th Anniversary Collection is a celebration of the American Art Deco motif and fifteen years of excellence in design. This commemorative collection is the first to incorporate fifteen sections of Guilloch engraving, each taken from ten of the 21 plus Collection designs over the past fifteen years: Henrik Wigstrom, Winter, Crystal, Harvest, Celestial, Valhalla, Pierrot and Pierrette, Lewis & Clark, the Black Water Dragon and the Black Water Snake.