I sold a bangle in my Etsy shop the other day. It was black and white enamel, and was by Michaela Frey. This bangle was responsible for a significant percentage of my shop’s traffic and had over 100 favourites by the end of its stay there, so I was kind of sorry to see it go! I hope its new owner will love it though.
However, the day the bangle left the country, I found this in a local charity shop:
It’s stamped on the back with “Michaela Frey” and a copyright symbol and was probably made in the 1980s shortly after the death of its namesake. It has a languid, Art Deco feel to it – reminds me of those old fashioned tea rooms with home-made scones, strawberries and a trio of violinists in the corner.
Michaela Frey was an Austrian enameller who founded a jewellery company in the early 1950s. She died in 1980, but the company still lives on under the name Frey Wille, the “Wille” part coming from the CEO Friedrich Wille and his wife Simone.
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