SOLD Antique French Hand Painted Enamel Brooch In Fer Blanc Setting medal Rings with dolphin motifs were

Rings with dolphin motifs were worn to show fidelity to a betrothed

A possible Tassie piece

Inscribed:  'Souvenir de lere Communion Paris le 4 Mar 1865' (first communion

good health and long life

SOLD Antique French Hand Painted Enamel Brooch In Fer Blanc Setting medal Rings with dolphin motifs wereThroughout the eighteenth and nineteenth century, western artists were obsessed with the classic Greek and Roman mythologies as serious themes for their artistic subjects. In art, architecture and jewelry, the classics held a position of reverence and honor, as they considered the achievements of the Roman and Greek empires to be the epitome of human accomplishment. The story of Eros (Cupid) and Psyche's (Anima) forbidden love, always a crowd pleaser,