Thistle from the Sands Cabochon Necklace

1"x2" rectangle pendant with cabochon & 24" rolo oval chain. Chain and pendant are a zinc alloy with an antique copper finish. 

*bust is not included but can be purchased - see Venus De Milo in Smidgen of other Bitz collection*

A French Art Nouveau lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Circa 1902. Mucha regularly holidayed in the coastal province of Brittany in northwestern France, and referred to this panel as La Bretonne. The plant carried by the Breton woman is in fact not a thistle but a sea holly which flourished in coastal areas.