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A pair of rare late 18th century Catalan gold and garnet pendent earrings
Each navette-shaped ear pendant composed of four articulated sections set throughout with vari-shaped foiled garnets, the mounts with raised repoussé style decoration and foliate engraved decoration to the reverse, circa 1780, 15.5cm long (2)
Each navette-shaped ear pendant composed of four articulated sections set throughout with vari-shaped foiled garnets, the mounts with raised repoussé style decoration and foliate engraved decoration to the reverse, circa 1780, 15.5cm long (2)
Literature
Cf. D.Mascetti & A. Triossi, Earrings from Antiquity to the present, London 1990, p. 60-61 for similar examples