Exquisite René Lalique Necklace: Art Nouveau Pendant with Crystal, Enamel, and Diamonds

Created circa 1904-1905 by René Lalique, this Art Nouveau pendant necklace is composed of enamel on crystal glass, diamonds, and 18K gold. It is designed as transparent, colorless crystal plate cut with a relief image of an allegorical visage of peace or victory, surmounted by an overlay of green enamel laurel leaves with diamond berries, within a triangular 18K gold frame with champlevé enamel leaves and edges, suspended from baton link chain with conforming enamel. Increasingly interested in new forms and effects that could only be achieved in glass, Lalique confidently combined glass and diamonds, knowing that – in his hands – the glass would hold its own when juxtaposed with precious stones.