ESOTERIC ESSAYAGES

Statement Making Jewelry

Jewelry should always say something about the wearer. It is important to choose unique and interesting pieces. Afterall, jewelry is meant to add sparkle to our appearance, to attract the eye of any and all passerby; therefore, why wear something ordinary?

This French Art Nouveau Gold Brooch that dates from 1900 is stunning! Its water nymph motif, highlighted by pearls and translucent enamel is heavenly… so much so that even the goddess of fresh water has her eyes closed in rapture.

If the mood strikes, you can shop for it here, as well as other unique and rare baubles…

Jewelry – Art Nouveau gold brooch “Naiad.” – Henri Solié.

 

SCHOLARLY MUSINGS

The Captive

 

“A jealous lover exasperates the woman he loves by depriving her of a thousand unimportant pleasures, but those pleasures which are the keystone of her life she conceals in a place where, even at moments when he thinks that he is showing the most intelligent perspicacity and third parties are keeping him most closely informed, he never dreams of looking.”

 

–The Captive, by Marcel Proust (1941)