Lot Essay
This particular technique from the city of Pertábgarh and resembling "émail en résille sur verre" is described in Harold Newman, A Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, London, 2005, p.235.
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RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A PRATAPGARH GOLD AND STAINED GLASS NECKLACE
RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising 14 green foiled glass panels of various form, each decorated with applied gold figural scenes, the reverse with chased fish-scale motifs, the mounts possibly European, with polished drop-shaped stone pendant,
16 3/8in. (41.6cm.) long. approx.
RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising 14 green foiled glass panels of various form, each decorated with applied gold figural scenes, the reverse with chased fish-scale motifs, the mounts possibly European, with polished drop-shaped stone pendant,
16 3/8in. (41.6cm.) long. approx.
Provenance
Formerly Alfred Tortillia Collection, Alexandria, 1920s to 1950s; thence by descent