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FROMENT MEURICE

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Neo-Renaissance 18k yellow gold (750 ‰) pendant set with a large cameo on onyx depicting Catherine de Medici in profile, the frame and the bezel forming a guipure covered with white enamel embellished with emeralds and round rubies on paillons. Goldsmith's hallmark F.M. Height : 7,5 cm Gross weight : 25,5 g Froment Meurice case 372 rue Saint Honoré. Cameo exposed on the stand of the House Froment Meurice in the universal exhibition of 1880. Gift of Marriage offered to the Countess Isabelle Potocka. Following her premature death, it was offered as a souvenir by the Count Potocki to a grandmother and then by descendants.