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EUGÈNE FONTENAY (1823 - 1887)

Pendant Locket in the Etruscan Style

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EUGÈNE FONTENAY (1823 - 1887)

Pendant Locket in the Etruscan Style

Gold, enamel & rose diamonds

H  5.60cm (2.20 in)  |  W  3.80cm (1.50 in)  |  Diameter  3.50cm (1.38 in)

Origin France, c. 1870
Condition Very good

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

Literature
llustrated in our book:
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, p. 252
cf. The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910, Thomas Heneage & Co Ltd, 1990, p. 120-1, fig. 42

Collections
Collections include: Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Musee d'Orsay & The British Museum

Price Code

Ref No   4773

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