Attributed to GASTON LAFFITTE (c.1890-1910)

Gold, plique-à-jour, pearl, diamond & enamel

The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Jewellery, volume II, The Designers L-Z, page 9-13
Henri Vever, French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century, translated by Katherine Purcell, 2000, page 1147, 1159

This Water Nymph with her dragonfly wings illuminates the allegory of change from girl to woman - the emergence of a beautiful creature
Numbered 38429 verso. No maker's mark - probably on the missing brooch fitting
Pendant: H: 4.8 cm (1.89 in) W: 4.5 cm (1.77 in) Chain: L: 57 cm (22.44 in)
Fitted Case

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