Antique WWI Mourning Jewelry, Engraved May 6, 1918, 16k Pendant w 4 mm Seed Pearls, Enamel Fanny de Beauharnais and gotten it so perfectly

and gotten it so perfectly after the 18th century oil painting by famed artist

around 200 years old now

The frames are antique

a striking piece with three dog figures in detailed bas relief

Antique WWI Mourning Jewelry, Engraved May 6, 1918, 16k Pendant w 4 mm Seed Pearls, Enamel Fanny de Beauharnais and gotten it so perfectlyA beautiful pendant, appears to be a mourning cross for a lost loved on who died May 6th, 1918, perhaps a WWI soldier. Of course that was just the time that Spanish Flu was taking lives in enormous numbers, and we can't know. It is 16k gold, has an outer framing of deep blue enamel, which would have represented the evening sky of dusk, often a color used in mourning pieces. Likewise, the pearls, which not technically seed pearls at 4 mm, were