Renaissance-revival gold and enamel gem-set necklace, Carlo Giuliano, 1860-1895

The gold openwork necklace applied with black and white piqué enamel, the center supporting a detachable lozenge-shaped pendant set with five rubies in a cruciform pattern, further set with old-mine diamonds and supporting a pearl drop, flanked by diamond festoons, the balance decorated with small old-mine and rose-cut diamonds and additional pendant pearls, length 14 inches, signed C.& A.G. With original fitted gilt-embossed leather case signed C. Giuliano.

Castellani and Giuliano, Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century, Wartski, London, March 12-27, 1984, no. 118.

Shirley Bury, The Jewellery Gallery Summary Catalogue, the Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 1, p. 127, on view until 1984 

Peter Hinks, Nineteenth Century Jewellery, London: Faber and Faber, 1975, pl. 56.