PROSPER COMTE D'EPINAY DE BRIORT born 1836
Art Nouveau gold & diamond brooch
depicting a
young woman with diamonds in her hair & dress 
Diameter: 2.7cm
Signed with monogram
French. Circa 1900
Fitted case
Literature: cf. Boucheron, 1988, Gilles Neret, p. 69
Antique & 20th Century Jewellery, Vivienne Becker, 1980, p.241
Art Nouveau Jewelry, 1985, Vivienne Becker, p.218
Art Nouveau, The French Aesthetic, Victor Arwas, 2002
p.362, 612