Renaissance-revival gold and enamel gem-set pendant, Carlo Giuliano, circa 1869

The pendant 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, supporting a pendant fringe set with one drop-shaped pearl and one cabochon ruby, signed with the monogram of two P's for Phillips Bros. With original fitted leather case stamped Hancocks & Co.  

Messrs. Hancocks

An almost identical pendant signed by Giuliano and Phillips is illustrated by Geoffrey C. Munn, Castellani and Giuliano, Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th Century, pl. 28. The two signatures on the pendant illustrate the relationship that Carlo Giuliano had with prominent retail houses during his first years in London. Another similar is illustrated by Peter Hinks, Nineteenth Century Jewellery, pl. G(a).