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ETRUSCAN REVIVAL ENAMEL AND DIAMOND LOCKET PENDANT
Designed as a varicolored matte-finished enamel miniature depicting a classical female figure and a putto, within a rose-cut diamond, black enamel and yellow gold beadwork frame, the reverse of yellow gold bead and wirework design, with a similar bail, mounted in 18K yellow gold (with French hallmarks) (very slightly damaged)
Probably by Eugene Fontenay
Similar pendants by Fontenay are reproduced in
"La Bijouterie Française au XIX siècle" (1908 reprint), H.Vever, p.153
Designed as a varicolored matte-finished enamel miniature depicting a classical female figure and a putto, within a rose-cut diamond, black enamel and yellow gold beadwork frame, the reverse of yellow gold bead and wirework design, with a similar bail, mounted in 18K yellow gold (with French hallmarks) (very slightly damaged)
Probably by Eugene Fontenay
Similar pendants by Fontenay are reproduced in
"La Bijouterie Française au XIX siècle" (1908 reprint), H.Vever, p.153