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Gold, Enamel and Colored Stone Bracelet, Swiss, circa 1830
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
Composed of seven panels of lightly textured gold with beadwork borders, decorated in polychrome enamel with oval miniatures of women and men in costumes of various Swiss cantons, each above a shield-shaped coat-of arms, further decorated with colored stones including peridots, amethysts and trefoils of rubies and turquoise, length 7 inches, French import mark.
Catalogue Note
A similar bracelet is illustrated in Understanding Jewellery, by David Bennett & Daniela Mascetti, p. 93, pl. 84.