AN ENAMELED GOLD AND BLOODSTONE MIRROR PENDANT SET WITH JEWELS, PROBABLY FRENCH, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY |

in oval bloodstone frame set with four table-cut diamonds and suspending a baroque pearl, the top with a white enamel demi-putto above a diamond, the front panel decorated en résille sur verre bleu with partly translucent enamel, comprising a spray of lilies surrounded by branches of stylized roses and other flowers below an inscription on a ribbon and sunrays, the back with hinged mirror

bloodstone with split join? at one side and loss of the enameled mount at that point, front panel loose, loss of enamel to top and borders, front panel good
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The inscription reads “Ut vidi ut perii” (in the moment I saw you I lost my heart) taken from Virgil, book VIII of the Eclogues. See a locket with this technique at the Victoria & Albert Museum M.65-1952 described as Europe, 1850-1900, gift of Dame Joan Evans.