EUGENE FONTENAY 1823 to 1887
Superb Pendant Locket in the Etruscan Style
Gold, enamel & rose diamonds
Diameter: 3.5 cm  (1.4 in)
Length: 5.6 cm (2.2 in)   Width: 3.8 cm (1.5 in)
Marks: Eagle's head & maker's mark of Eugene Fontenay
EF flanking a 'tea-urn'
27 rose cut diamonds 1.0 cts approx
French. Circa 1870
The matt enamel plaque in the Pompeiian style is
by the artist Eugene Richet
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