A Jewelled and enamelled gold-mounted baroque pearl pendant in the form of a merman, in Renaissance style, Probably by Alfred AndrÉ, Paris, circa 1860

the tail set with table-cut diamonds and with pendant pearl, with baroque pearl body and with one arm by his side, the other holding another pendant pearl, with enamelled and gemset shoulders and crested helmet, with three suspension chains and rings, the chains set with pearls and joined to a triple scroll link with pendant pearl.

The Collection of the late Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild, sold, Christie's, London, December 14, 2000, lot 52
Rothschild inv. no. E.de R.639

Y. Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery, London 1979, fig. 848.
P. Stone, 'Baroque Pearls - II', in Apollo, Jan 1959, p. 108, fig. IV.