A painted enamel and gem set gold pendant locket
by Eugène Fontenay,

centred by a painted enamel scene by Eugène Richet of Pompeian inspiration depicting a cherub riding a lion, encircled by rose cut diamonds, the pendant applied back and front with granulation in the revivalist taste, hinged to
the top and opens to reveal a compartment beneath glass.

3.4 cm in diameter excluding loop.

Paris, circa 1875.

For a discussion of Fontenay's archaeological revival jewellery and his relationship with Richet see Castellani and Fontenay: An Artistic
Parallel, by Geoffrey Munn, in The Belle Époque of French
Jewellery 1850-1910¸ Munich 1989 pp 53-62.

A similar pendant is by Fontenay is illustrated in French Jewellery of the Nineteenth Century, by Henri Vever, translated by
K. F Purcell (London 2001), p623.