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GEORGIAN MALTESE CROSS BROOCH
The arms of chalcedony enhanced by engraved yellow gold, centering upon a ruby and half-pearl cluster center on a matted and engraved tricolored gold foliate cruciform ground, the reverse revealing a hair memorial locket with yellow gold cannetille work (with a pendant hoop), bearing an inscription, dated 1829
Cf. S. Bury, Jewellery 1789-1910, (1991), vol. I, pl. 146.
Cf. D. Bennett & D. Mascetti, Understanding Jewelry, (1989), pl. 94.
The arms of chalcedony enhanced by engraved yellow gold, centering upon a ruby and half-pearl cluster center on a matted and engraved tricolored gold foliate cruciform ground, the reverse revealing a hair memorial locket with yellow gold cannetille work (with a pendant hoop), bearing an inscription, dated 1829
Cf. S. Bury, Jewellery 1789-1910, (1991), vol. I, pl. 146.
Cf. D. Bennett & D. Mascetti, Understanding Jewelry, (1989), pl. 94.