Gold miniature portrait pendant on enamel “Elise”

This new TransfÓ or transformation signed ÓNÍSÌ PARIS is an old nineteenth-century brooch converted into a pendant with a mobile bail. The pendant consists of a hand-painted portrait on enamel and encircled by an 18-carat gold band. A rare piece that bears witness to a forgotten know-how, refined and elegant.

Length: 2.2cm with bail, 1.9cm without.

Width: 1cm

Weight: 1.51g

Eagle hallmark

The story: Portrait jewelry, born during the Renaissance, reached its peak in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, before declining with the advent of photography in the nineteenth century. These pieces, made on vellum, ivory, porcelain or enamel, often represent royal, aristocratic or personal figures, especially in mourning or sentimental jewelry. Mounted in gold, silver or platinum, these miniatures protected under glass bear witness to a refined and universal art that has survived the centuries.