Source: https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/pavonia-reverso
Summary: Made for A British art collector. A British collector asked the maison to reproduce, on his own Reverso, the painting he loved most in his collection…
Updated: 2026-09-11
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Pièce Unique · 2009

# The “Pavonia” Reverso

Made for A British art collector.

Miniature enamel painting

**Year**2009

**Craft**Miniature enamel painting

**Made for**A British art collector

A British collector asked the maison to reproduce, on his own Reverso, the painting he loved most in his collection: Frederic Leighton’s *Pavonia* (1858–59). Miklós Merczel of the Métiers Rares atelier had to reproduce it in under 6 cm² while keeping the lifelike vibrancy of the original. The name comes from the Latin *pavo*, peacock — for the feathers fanning behind the sitter’s hair.

Source: JLC Yearbook FIVE, 2012

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