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AN ART NOUVEAU "BIRTH OF VENUS" PENDANT, BY GEORGES FOUQUET
The carved ivory Venus emerging from a sculpted gold shell, against an enameled backdrop of sculpted fiery red coral branches, within a blue and green arched frame, decorated at the base with pale green seaweed motifs, suspending a drop-shaped pearl, measuring approximately 8.10 x 8.60 mm, to the fancy-link chain, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1900, 33 ins., with French assay marks
Signed G. Fouquet for Georges Fouquet, no. 3221
The carved ivory Venus emerging from a sculpted gold shell, against an enameled backdrop of sculpted fiery red coral branches, within a blue and green arched frame, decorated at the base with pale green seaweed motifs, suspending a drop-shaped pearl, measuring approximately 8.10 x 8.60 mm, to the fancy-link chain, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1900, 33 ins., with French assay marks
Signed G. Fouquet for Georges Fouquet, no. 3221
Literature
Penny Proddow and Marion Fasel, "Bejeweled: Great Designers, Celebrity Style", Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 2001, page 46