A GOLD AND ENAMEL STATUETTE OF THE VIRGIN IMMACULATA SET WITH JEWELS, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY |

with blue enameled robe with ruby collar and translucent red cloak edged in diamonds, backed by a fiery aureole of white and red enamel set with rubies and diamonds and standing above an enameled serpent on a diamond-set crescent, all mounted on a square domed base pavé with lapis lazuli bordered in gold and set with three rubies and a diamond

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Melvin Gutman Jewelry Part II, October 17, 1969, lot 111, where it was described as late 17th century, later base

Norfolk Museum of Arts & Sciences, 1964-68

Minor losses to enamel on hands and face, repair and enamel loss at base of aureole, lacks nut to secure the thread
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