Pendant Locket in the Etruscan Style by EUGENE FONTENAY

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Pendant Locket in the Etruscan Style
Pendant Locket in the Etruscan Style ( France c. 1870 )
EUGENE FONTENAY (1823-1887)

Medium

Gold, enamel & rose diamonds

Dimensions

3.80cm wide 5.60cm high (1.50 inches wide  2.20 inches high)

Diameter

3.50cm diameter ( 1.38 inches in diameter)

Literature

cf. The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910, Thomas Heneage & Co Ltd, 1990, p. 116-121
Henri Vever, French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century
Translated from the French by Katherine Purcell, 2001
p. 623 & 818
Collections include: Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Musee d'Orsay & The British Museum

Description / Expertise

The matt enamel plaque in the Pompeiian style is by the artist Eugene Richet