A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL PARASOL HANDLE, GENEVA, CIRCA 1820, AND TWO VINAIGRETTES | A jewelled gold and enamel parasol handle, Geneva, circa 1820, and two vinaigrettes

the cylindrical handle painted en plein with trophies, flowers and a seascape on a chased gold ground scattered with enamelled flowers, the top richly set with diamonds, screw fitting, 4 cm., 1 1/2 in.; a gold and enamel pendent vinaigrette, Geneva, circa 1835, painted with flowers reserved on a turquoise ground; and a grey agate vinaigrette, English, circa 1840, formed as a flower basket overlaid with gold cagework, both 3cm., 1 1/4 in.

overall good condition, one small chip to the pink enamel in the flower cartouche, minor losses to red enamel; the second with small losses to enamel and trace of restoration to the base, almost imperceptable loss to blue enamel borders around the cartouches; the agate example generally in good order, the ropetwist handle slightly bent and the mount split above the hinge
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