Bird Bauble - Grand Victorian Locket mother_of_pearl this scarce Art Nouveau plique-à-jour

this scarce Art Nouveau plique-à-jour enamel necklace was inspired by a painting entitled "Allegory of Love"

rests a bird (kingfisher

One hundred nineteen years later

sultry blues

Bird Bauble - Grand Victorian Locket mother_of_pearl this scarce Art Nouveau plique-à-jourAs swallows return each year to the home nesting area, you to will keep returning to admire this engaging silver and rose gold large oval locket. Victorian, dating to circa 1880, the front has been hand engraved with a pair of barn swallows flitting toward leafy foliage and two large blooms. Elaborate in design, the top and bottom of filled with applied wire work. Two bands of concave and convex gold over silver demarcate the center. The edges are