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Gold, enamel, diamond

Diameter  3.60cm (1.42 in)

Origin	France, c. 1880
Marks	Enamel signed with artist's monograms 'PG' for Paul Grandhomme & 'AG' for Alfred Garnirer. Pin numbered: 1225 & eagle's head. Catch with eagle's head & indistinct maker's mark.
Case	Fitted Case
Weight	9.80 Grams

Showing the influence of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. See 'Fair Rozamund' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Gere & Munn, Pre-Raphaelite to Arts & Crafts Jewellery, 1989, p.118.
The freshness of this piece comes across extremely well showing a progression from the more usual Renaissance Revival forms to a lighter & more artistic jewel.
The polychrome bas relief is a fine example of Goldsmith repoussé.

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. 143
cf. The Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910
Thomas Heneage & Co Ltd, 1990, p. 124
Dictionary of Enamelling, History and Techniques, Erika Speel, 1997, p.69
Henri Vever, French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century
translated from the French by Katherine Purcell, 2001

Collections
Acquired by The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago
Plaques by the artist enamelers Grandhomme & Garnier are in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris & The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ref No   4774

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