An enamelled gold and gem-set pendant decorated with polychrome enamel in the Neo-Renaissance taste, depicting a woman’s head surmounted by a feathered headdress, within an ornate enamelled strapwork surround incorporating drapery and floral motifs, set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, and suspending a pearl.
French, circa 1880. Attributed to Emile Froment Meurice. Image courtesy of Wartski.