Silver And Gold Pendant - Enamel Painting On Copper Portrait Of Me Geoffrin - 18th Century

Filigree silver pendant certi with marcasites dating from the 18th Century. In its center, a medallion circled in gold with an enameled painting on copper representing the Portrait of Marie Thérèse Geoffrin known as Me Geoffrin Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin (1699-1777) is a famous woman of the Enlightenment due to the high position she occupies in the great Parisian world. Its salon enjoys a European reputation and brings together all the literary and scientific luminaries. Sold in a non-original box.