61.  Magnificent, enamel and Etruscan-revival gold brooch and earrings set.  The center scene depicts Beatrice and the Gryphon in Dante’s Inferno, while the earrings depict Atalanta who was turned into a lioness by Zeus.  Enamels by Eugène Richet.   Eugène Fonteney, Paris.   Fonteney jewelry is quite rare and highly collected.

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