Choker plaque with plique-a-jour enamelling and pearls

An image of Jewellery. Choker plaque/plaque de collier. Of convex rectangular form with two pin fastenings across the back. The frame encloses an arrangement of a diagonal branch, four sycamore leaves, five winged sycamore seed pods on vertical stems, and four baroque pearls mounted on vertical stems; paris of smaller pearls are set in each of the winged seed pods. Gold frame, decorated with plique-à-jour enamelling and set with baroque pearls, height 5 cm, length 7.3 cm, circa 1900. Art Nouveau.

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Jewellery. Choker plaque/plaque de collier. Of convex rectangular form with two pin fastenings across the back. The frame encloses an arrangement of a diagonal branch, four sycamore leaves, five winged sycamore seed pods on vertical stems, and four baroque pearls mounted on vertical stems; paris of smaller pearls are set in each of the winged seed pods. Gold frame, decorated with plique-à-jour enamelling and set with baroque pearls, height 5 cm, length 7.3 cm, circa 1900. Art Nouveau.

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Accession Number: M.31-1983
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/1.0
Camera: NIKON D70
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 827 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
Filesize: 136.63kB
Exposure time: 10/250
Fnumber: 0/10
Captured: 2007:04:24 15:16:12

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20th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_Grundy _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC Art Nouveau branches choker enamel enamelled Fitz_AA gold green jewellery jewelry leaf leaves pearl pearls rectangular seed pod seeds sycamore

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