Castellani & Giuliano: The Judith H. Siegel Collection

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Lot 28
  • 28

Archaeological-revival gold and purple glass bead necklace, Castellani, circa 1880

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

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Decorated with a fringe of gold grapevine leaves alternating with clusters of purple glass beads simulating grapes, supported on a gold loop-in-loop chain, length 14½ inches, unsigned.  

Provenance

S.J. Phillips

 

Catalogue Note

See the footnote to lot 30. 

A similar grapevine necklace appeared in the exhibition Castellani and Giuliano, Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century, Wartski, London, March 1984, no. 19.

Another similar necklace of purple grapes appears in the catalogue  Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry, The Bard Graduate Center, New York, November 2004-February 2005, no. 381, no. 201.