An antique gold locket by Fontenay,

decorated in the Etruscan taste with gold granulation, hinged at the top to reveal a locket compartment.

For images of Etruscan pieces by Fontenay, see the illustrations below, taken from French Jewellery of the Nineteenth Century by Henri Vever, translated by Katherine Purcell, (London, 2001) p 623

Eugène Fontenay Paris, circa 1860.

5.7 cm in length including loop

Image courtesy of Wartski