Marks: Eagle's head & maker's mark LA with a wolf between in a vertical lozenge

Fitted Case
Literature: cf. Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Jewellery, Vol. 1, The Designers A-K, 1994, pp.40-43

Michael Koch, The Belle Époque of French Jewellery 1850-1910, Thomas Heneage & Co Ltd, 1990, pp.231-233
Louis Aucoc was a leading Parisian art nouveau jeweller and goldsmith. ‘The Birth of Venus’ jewel shows the head of Venus surrounded by bladder wrack seaweed and backed by a diamond studded sea star. The marine theme symbolizes Venus’ birth, fully formed from the sea and the white diamond star represents Venus’ name sake... the morning star.