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GEORGIAN MALTESE CROSS PENDANT
Centering a foilback rectangular-cut green beryl, surrounded by a square of half pearls on an engraved tricolored cannetille gold foliate ground, extending four milky chalcedony arms, the reverse revealing a woven hair locket (chipping evident), circa 1830
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: a comparable example is illustrated in, David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti, Understanding Jewelry, 1989. pl 94
See illustration
Centering a foilback rectangular-cut green beryl, surrounded by a square of half pearls on an engraved tricolored cannetille gold foliate ground, extending four milky chalcedony arms, the reverse revealing a woven hair locket (chipping evident), circa 1830
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: a comparable example is illustrated in, David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti, Understanding Jewelry, 1989. pl 94
See illustration