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Renaissance-revival gold, diamond and pearl pendant, Carlo Giuliano, circa 1870
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Carlo Giuliano
The lozenge-shaped panel alternately set in a geometric pattern with pearls and cushion-shaped diamonds in high collets, anchored by a pearl drop, signed C.G.
Catalogue Note
The geometric design of this jewel, which appears strikingly modern, is actually based on an Elizabethan prototype and gemstones decorated in square panels can be found in portrait jewels of the time. A portrait of Elizabeth Brydges, maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth, shows the subject wearing a full parure of Renaissance jewelry including a brooch similar the present one on her collar. See Diana Scarisbrick, Ancestral Jewels, p. 13.