L'Inconnue de la Seine home Engraved with the words 'Omnes

Engraved with the words 'Omnes Qui Errant Non Pereunt'

Laser-cut & engraved baltic birch plywood

Vitrine dimensions: 19 x 16 x 3

H: approx 34cm

Sterling silver chain L: 63

L'Inconnue de la Seine home Engraved with the words 'OmnesVintage porcelain mask, matte finish. H: 14cm L'Inconnue de la Seine (the unknown woman of the Seine) was an unidentified young woman whose body was pulled from the Seine River in the late 1880's. Because she could not be identified, a death mask was made, as was customary at the time. The young woman's ethereal smile and delicate beauty added to the mystery of her death. Her death mask became a popular fixture on the walls of artists' homes after