BY EUGENE FONTENAY, CIRCA 1867

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A golden necklace
By Eugene Fontenay, circa 1867
In the Archeological style, composed of cubical links with wirework and beaded decoration, supporting amphora-shaped pendants
43cm. long
Indistinctly marked .F to reverse of fastening
See illustration

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Lot Essay

See for comparable designs:
Henri Vever, La Bijouterie Française au XIXe siècle (1800-1900), Vol. I, Paris 1908, p. 288
Judy Radoe, Pariser Schmuck, Munich, 1989, pp. 58 and 118-119

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