Carlo Giuliano

Gem set, enamel and diamond necklace, circa 1895

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November 13, 11:17 AM GMT

Estimate

26,000 - 45,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Designed as a fringe, set with cushion-shaped and circular-cut gemstones including a demantoid garnet, garnets and zircons, alternating with fleur-de-lys motifs applied with dark blue and white enamel, accented by circular-cut and pear-shaped diamonds, length approximately 400mm, maker’s mark for Carlo Giuliano.

Castellani & Giuliano: The Judith H. Siegel Collection, Sotheby's New York, 6 December 2006, lot 97, for a necklace of similar design.

Cf.: David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, Woodbridge, 2003, pg. 219, for a necklace of similar design.

Carlo Giugliano

The Neapolitan Carlo Giuliano (1831-1895) founded one of the most artistically inspired London jewellery houses of the Victorian era. He came to London in 1860 to establish a presence for Castellani in the British capital. Subsequently he opened his own workshop producing for Hancocks and Robert Phillips amongst others. Eventually Carlo Giuliano opened his own shop on 115 Piccadilly when his son Arthur Alphonse (1864-1914) joined the business. The firm of Giuliano moved to Knightsbridge in 1912, but ceased activity two years later when Arthur Alphonse passed away.

Giuliano worked in a range of historicizing styles ranging from archeological revival to neo-gothic and neo-renaissance.