Castellani & Giuliano: The Judith H. Siegel Collection

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Lot 15
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Archaeological-revival gold and hardstone cameo pendant, Castellani, circa 1880

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

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The carnelian cameo carved in classical taste with the figure of a dancing maiden playing a tambourine, within a gold mounting edged in filigree, signed with interlaced C's. 

Provenance

An American Institution, Christie's Geneva, November 15, 1972, lot 378

Charterhouse Antiques

Catalogue Note

Although pendants of this type were usually meant to be worn on a gold chain, they could also be suspended from a scarf or a ribbon. See the Aesthetic-style portrait of Mrs. George Henry Boughton by Kate Carr, illustrated by Geoffrey C. Munn, Castellani and Giuliano, Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th Century, pl. 6.