Renaissance-Revival gold and enamel gem-set bangle-bracelet, Carlo Giuliano, circa 1870

The hinged bangle of open scroll design decorated in the center with a motif of lozenge-shaped outline quartered by diamond-set gold pyramids interspersed with gold openwork of fleur-de-lys motif decorated with white, black and blue enamel, further accented by four cabochon rubies, centering upon a single pearl, signed C.G. within an oval. With original leather case signed C. Giuliano. 

The John Sheldon Collection, Sotheby's London, October 29, 1985, lot 396.

David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, p. 189, pl. 258.

The center of this bracelet is very similar in style to a pendant by Giuliano, signed with both C.G. and the monogram of Phillips Brothers and Son, the retailer. The dual signature on the pendant illustrates the relationship of Giuliano with prominent retail houses during his first fourteen years in London. See Geoffrey C. Munn, Castellani and Giuliano, Revivalist Jewellery of the 19th Century, pl. 28.

The style of the bracelet band closely resembles the designs of Pasquale Novissimo.