Antique French Hand Painted Enamel & Seed Pearl Locket Pendant in Pomponne carved carnelian Agates have been used in

Agates have been used in jewelry for centuries

but Kathy took one look at it and just knew it would make a dramatic ring

organic line and was employed most often in architecture

or perhaps a watch chain

This gorgeous little full-figure cameo ring was converted from an antique brooch

Antique French Hand Painted Enamel & Seed Pearl Locket Pendant in Pomponne carved carnelian Agates have been used inThe Bourbon Restoration was the period of French history during which the House of Bourbon returned to power after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814. With political change, fashions also evolved. the French Restoration style was predominantly Neoclassicism, but also showed the beginnings of Romanticism in music, literature and decorative arts. This stunning French pendant is crafted in pomponne, the equivalent of Pinchbeck, or gold over another