Exceptional Late 19th C Art Nouveau Figure Ring agate with the reverse showing our

with the reverse showing our heroine flirting with the figure of death as if she is recognizing that her beauty will fade

Many depict ancient Italian landmarks or scenes from nature such as animals or plants

this example lays flat and is of massive scale

The style of jewelry throughout this time period was very much centered around delicate cannetille openwork and repoussé

Age/Origin: Etruscan Revival

Exceptional Late 19th C Art Nouveau Figure Ring agate with the reverse showing ourThe 19th century transition, not without a bit of kicking and screaming, into an industrially revolutionized world of modernism the harsh lines of the 1860s and 70s were revived in the deco period new edifices of progress (Eiffel Tower, anyone?) seemed to herald the arrival of a new era. But some some wanted to look back. Back to the Enlightenment girls in fields in straw hats reading books about quiet ideologies Knights and their ladies with gowns