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Sapphire, diamond and enamel wing brooch, Carlo Giuliano, circa 1890
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
- Carlo Giuliano
Designed as a pair of diamond-set wings tipped in translucent pink enamel flanking a square-cut sapphire, within a foliate wreath of green enameled oak and chestnut leaves, unsigned.
Exhibited
Artists' Jewellery, Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts, Wartski, London, March, 1989 no. 118 and Asprey, New York, October 1989, no. 24.
Literature
Charlotte Gere and Geoffrey C. Munn, Artists' Jewellery, Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts, color pl. 2.
Catalogue Note
The design of wings flanking a central stone is a recurrent theme in Giuliano's work and was a favorite of 19th century jewelers, in general due to its symbolism. See the footnote to lot 122.