FRENCH ART NOUVEAU By FIX 18K GOLD FILL CHARM PENDANT RELIGIOUS FLOWER MEMORIAM

FRENCH ART NOUVEAU By FIX 18K GOLD FILL CHARM PENDANT RELIGIOUS FLOWER MEMORIAM. My daughter travels all over the world to find lovely vintage jewelry items. I used my gold Auracle tester on the outside metals for karat. Francois Savard started this well-known and high class jewelry company in Paris in 1893 (during the Art Nouveau / Belle Epoque period).

Working to imitate solid gold, the company used an unusually thick layer of 14-18k gold foil which formed the jewelry to withstand long term wear. It can sometimes be mistaken for and acid tests as real gold. The French became known for this superior quality laminated gold filled jewelry into the early 1900s and the company used only the best Art Nouveau designers of the time including Emile Dropsy, Louis Brochu and Edmond-Henri Becker.