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Antique Plique-A-Jour 18K Religious Pendant

Exquisite antique 18K French hallmarked Plique-A-Jour and pearl pendant. This is a very nice piece in excellent condition. It measures from the top ring to the bottom of the pendant 7/8 inch. Width 5/8 inch. Weight 2.1 grams. This is a beautiful Plique-A-Jour and pearl pendant. Guaranteed to please the most particular jewelry connoisseur or collector.

The appearance of plique-a-jour enamels readily brings to mind the skilled craftsmanship of great Art Nouveau jewelers and artists such as Rene Lalique, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Peter Carl Faberge . Considered a technical "tour de force" in enameling, this most beautiful and most difficult of enameling techniques - plique-a-jour , (which loosely translates as "light of day") - is sometimes referred to as "backless cloisonné" because of the appearance of the fine silver or gold filigree wire "veins" running through areas of transparent and translucent glass (vitreous) enamel . Fine silver and 18K gold jewelry medallions resemble miniature stained glass windows. ID=Pliqueajourreligiouspendant

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