This openwork medallion, produced in the enamel workshops of Limoges, represents a bird-siren. This fantastical creature was first conjured up in Classical Antiquity, and was still very much part of the imaginary bestiary in medieval times, along with the fish-siren, an invention of the Middle Ages. Both versions of the siren are often associated with lust. The creature depicted here has the head of a human and the body of a bird. The tail is decorated with a fleuron, a common motif in Limoges enamel. The wings resemble angel's wings, also very common in Limoges pieces. The medallion has an
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