Mon Amour De Soubise Necklace, Alchemy Gothic kinetic vampire-mosquito trap From the beginning

From the beginning

symbolic of the Victorian modern age

Measures ~380mm / 14

with bronzed raven-wings and gilt-plated detail

Fine English Pewter with genuine Austrian crystal & mother of pearl

Mon Amour De Soubise Necklace, Alchemy Gothic kinetic vampire-mosquito trap From the beginning'My Love of Soubise' a feature taken from the spectacular Rococo interior of the salon de la Hotel de Soubise in Paris, grand residence of the prince of Soubise, remodelled around 1735, when it is thought a young sculptor in the employ of architect Germain Boffrand furtively inserted his own romantic detail after having had an illicit affaire de coeur there with the prince's wife, the 16 year old* Princess of Soubise, Anne Marie Louise, who tragically