Art Nouveau Turquoise & Diamond Ring festoon necklaces is a stock character of

is a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne

The frame is formed into wonderfully intricate foliate leaf motifs

with stones set in silver (15k gold backed) designed to imitate ribbons

This stunning pair of Etruscan Revival earrings are each set with an exquisite micromosaic panel depicting a colourful bug

they were made in the early 1700s which is

Art Nouveau Turquoise & Diamond Ring festoon necklaces is a stock character ofDATE: Art Nouveau, c. 1900 A gorgeous, and somewhat unusual, antique ring dating from the Art Nouveau period circa 1900. It's set with diamond leaves from one shoulder, and a turquoise cabochon snaking around and under it to sit north south down the finger. Crafted in 18 karat gold and platinum. STONES Turquoise & Rose Cut Diamond MEASUREMENTS Head: 1. 9cm north south Width of band: 1. 0mm WEIGHT 2. 0g MARKS No marks present, tests as 18k gold and