FIRST TIME EMPIREELEGANT COLLAR "IN SLAVING "... Lot 208

FIRST TIME EMPIREELEGANT COLLAR "IN SLAVING " Beautiful example in good state of preservation of a model of necklace called "in slavery" which spread especially in France from the period of the Directory to the Second Empire in all social classes, from the province which interpreted them in its own way (what some call popular jewellery with too much distance) to the wealthy and noble families . What changes of course is the quality of the elements brought together, sometimes simply gold up to cameos on hard stones and mosaics of museum qualityRef : Claudine Joannis, Les bijoux des régions de France, Editions Flammarion, Paris 1992Web site Les bijoux des Français, highly documentedA First Empire porcelain biscuit, enamel and gold necklace