Antique Art Nouveau Drop Necklace Silver Enamel Mother-of-Pearl, Liberty & Co. c.1900 emerald cut as is typical of many

as is typical of many pieces from this period

and the bangle weighs 35

Opal jewelry of this period was prized for its dreamlike color and quiet symbolism

but for promise

Its glow is both understated and captivating

Antique Art Nouveau Drop Necklace Silver Enamel Mother-of-Pearl, Liberty & Co. c.1900 emerald cut as is typical of manySome pieces from the Art Nouveau era feel as though they were borrowed from a dream, fluid, organic, shimmering with color that seems to move even when the jewel is perfectly still. This Liberty & Company necklace is one of them. Its pendant opens like a four petaled flower caught mid unfurling, each petal washed in luminous turquoise to green enamel, as if painted with light instead of pigment. Soft silver tendrils curl around a glowing mother of