#enamel

Coiled snake pendant with chain by René Jules Lalique, crafted from gold, pearls, and champlevé enamel, Paris, 1898-1899. Collection: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

From the London Museum

Antique French Pearl Ruby Diamond Gold Convertible Snake Bracelet Necklace 1860

Amphora Porcelain Works Vase. Teplitz-Turn, Bohemia, 1910

Art Nouveau pearl, gold and enamel ring, by René Lalique centering a button-shaped pearl, between leaves applied with green enamel, ca. 1900.

plaque from a reliquary shrine of gilded copper and champlevé enamel; overall: 3.4 x 5.9 cm; mosan, valley of the meuse, gothic period c. 1200–1250.

“Of rectangular form with rounded corners, overall enamelled in translucent pale green enamel over guilloché sunburst ground, each side incorporating twenty-six flies set with diamonds and rubies, with gold-mounted cabochon ruby pushpiece, engraved inside, 'Quinze années de bonheur', fully marked, 8.5 cm. long. By Hahn and with the workmaster's mark of Carl Blank, St. Petersburg, circa 1896.”