CHARLES BOUTET DE MONVEL 1855-1913
Art Nouveau Ring 'Bat Maiden'
Gold, opal & diamond
Length: 3.cm  Width: 9cm
The shank with indistinct maker's mark & French eagle
Circa 1900
Fitted case, the silk marked: 'I. Lautier, Joaillier - Orfevre, Toulouse'

Literature: cf. Kunsthandwerk um 1900, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Modern Style, Nieuwe Kunst,

catalogue of the Hessischen Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, 1965, catalogue number 143, page 127
The Paris Salons1895-1914, Jewellery, The Designers A-K, Alastair Duncan 1994, page 94-107
The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery, 1850-1910, Thomas Heneage, 1990, page 238-241
Art Nouveau, The French Aesthetic, Victor Arwas, 2002, page 371, 372 & 607

All Photographs © David Newell-Smith