Castellani & Giuliano: The Judith H. Siegel Collection

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Lot 8
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Egyptian-revival gold, turquoise, ruby and enamel demi parure, Carlo Giuliano, circa 1865

Estimate
100,000 - 125,000 USD
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Description

  • Carlo Giuliano
Comprising a necklace, a bangle-bracelet and a pair of pendant-earrings, decorated in Egyptian taste with cabochon turquoise, cabochon rubies, rose-cut diamonds, opaque white and black enamel and fringes of seed pearls, length of necklace 14½ inches, necklace and bracelet signed C.G.  With original velvet case signed C.F. Hancock Son & Cie. 

Provenance

The John Sheldon Collection, Sotheby's London, October 29, 1985, lot 388.

Literature

Geoffrey C. Munn, Castellani and Giuliano, Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th Century, pl. 26.

David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, p. 154, pl. 160.

Catalogue Note

The design of the present parure reflects the work of Pasquale Novissimo, a native of Naples, who was chief designer to Giuliano from 1874 to shortly before his death in 1914.  A watercolor design for a similar parure by Pasquale Novissimo is illustrated by Munn, Castellani and Giuliano, pl. 25.