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Art Nouveau Mermaid Pendant

( c. 1900) France




Art Nouveau Mermaid Pendant

Dimensions

5.10cm wide   7.80cm high (2.01 inches wide  3.07 inches high)


Description

Gold, plique-a- jour enamel, emerald & pearl
The brooch pin marked LG flanking a horn for Leon Gariod
French. Circa 1900
Fitted case


Literature

cf. Art Nouveau Jewelry,
Vivienne Becker, 1985, p. 217, pl. 85, 107, 115
The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Jewellery, Alastair Duncan, 1994,
Volume 1, The Designers A-K, P. 187-188
La Bijouterie Francaise au XIX Siecle, Volume III, Henri Vever. Henri Vever, French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century
Translated from the French by Katherine Purcell, 2001
p. 1046 & 1112
Kunsthandwerk um 1900, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Modern Style, Nieuwe Kunst, Catalogue of the Hessischen Landesmuseums, Darmstadt, 1965, p. 97, pl. 128