What periods do these pendants cover?

The listings span from the late nineteenth century through the Victorian period, Edwardian era, and into the Art Deco movements of the 1920s and 1930s. You find late-Victorian pieces from the 1880s alongside French and Italian mid-century military and novelty items. Victorian items tend to focus on symbolic flora, serpents, and commemorative mourning or remembrance themes. The later twentieth-century pieces often take the form of playful charms, such as gambling cards, dice, and zodiac signs.

How do plique-à-jour pieces differ?

Plique-à-jour enamel lacks a solid metal backing behind the coloured glass, allowing light to shine straight through the design like a cathedral window. This technique requires exceptional skill from the metalsmith to suspend the enamel safely within the 18K gold wire framework. Opaque or champlevé enamels, by contrast, sit within sunken recesses carved directly into the solid gold base. These heavier opaque styles appear frequently on devotional medals depicting the Virgin Mary.

What subjects were popular?

Devotional imagery is exceptionally common, featuring the Virgin Mary, Madonna and Child, and specific city coats of arms like Paris. These religious medals were often worn daily as personal protective tokens or markers of faith. Secular subjects include love tokens, lucky charms such as aces and dice, and animal motifs like snakes and birds. Victorian examples frequently utilise symbolic flora like pansies for remembrance.

How should I wear an enamel pendant?

These pendants suspend easily from fine or medium 18K yellow gold chains, matching the metal standard of the charms themselves. Their compact size suits daily wear, though care should be taken to avoid impact against harder items. Because glass enamel can chip under sharp knocks, it is sensible to store them individually away from other necklaces. They pair well with both contemporary neck chains and period antique gold chains.

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An 18k gold enamel pendant brings together high-karat metalwork and glass colour, offering miniature devotional imagery, tokens of affection, or personal charms.

French Window Plique a Jour Enamel 18k Yellow Gold Pendant Medal

1920 - 1940

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French Window Plique a Jour Enamel 18k Yellow Gold Pendant Medal

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French Puffy Love Heart Flowers 18k Yellow Gold Enamel Pearl Pendant

19th century

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French Puffy Love Heart Flowers 18k Yellow Gold Enamel Pearl Pendant

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French Art Deco White Origami Bird 18k Yellow Gold Enamel Charm Pendant

1900 - 1920

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French Art Deco White Origami Bird 18k Yellow Gold Enamel Charm Pendant

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Virgin Mary Mother of Pearl Enamel 18k Yellow Gold Pearl Medal Pendant

1900 - 1920

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Virgin Mary Mother of Pearl Enamel 18k Yellow Gold Pearl Medal Pendant

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