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Gold and turquoise tiara, Carlo Giuliano, circa 1870
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Carlo Giuliano
Of openwork gold, decorated with five circular clusters of round turquoise cabochons, spaced by entwined scrolls topped by beads, signed C.G. and numbered 37. With original gilt-embossed leather case.
Catalogue Note
A design for an almost identical tiara appears in a plate from the Official Illustrated Catalogue of the 1862 exhibition, Howell, James & Company, illustrated by Shirley Bury, Jewellery 1789-1910, Vol. II, p. 457, pl. 237.