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AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL, DIAMOND AND MOONSTONE "OPHELIA" PENDANT, BY EUGENE FEUILLATRE
The elongated bell-shaped plaque, depicting the face of the drowned Ophelia in carved matte moonstone, floating amongst ochre enamel bullrushes and green and light yellow enamel waterlilies, in plique-à-jour blue water, her gold grooved spiraling hair, decorated with two red and green enamel flowers, set against a matte bluish- grey plique-à-jour enamel sky, with a rose-cut diamond crescent moon and stars and a garland of enamelled flowers, the reverse of finely engraved gold in similar design, mounted in 18k gold, (with pendant hoop for suspension), circa 1900, with French assay mark
With jeweler's mark for Eugène Feuillâtre
The elongated bell-shaped plaque, depicting the face of the drowned Ophelia in carved matte moonstone, floating amongst ochre enamel bullrushes and green and light yellow enamel waterlilies, in plique-à-jour blue water, her gold grooved spiraling hair, decorated with two red and green enamel flowers, set against a matte bluish- grey plique-à-jour enamel sky, with a rose-cut diamond crescent moon and stars and a garland of enamelled flowers, the reverse of finely engraved gold in similar design, mounted in 18k gold, (with pendant hoop for suspension), circa 1900, with French assay mark
With jeweler's mark for Eugène Feuillâtre
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's Geneva, "Magnificent Jewels", 16 November 1995, lot 58
Literature
Michael Koch et al., The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910, London, 1990, page 254, plate 173