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A pair of late 18th/early 19th century Catalan gold and amethyst earrings
Each navette-shaped earpendant composed of three articulated sections set throughout with vari-cut foiled amethysts, the upper and lower panels with repoussé type decoration and foliate engraved reverse, 1780-1810, 13.0cm long (2)
Each navette-shaped earpendant composed of three articulated sections set throughout with vari-cut foiled amethysts, the upper and lower panels with repoussé type decoration and foliate engraved reverse, 1780-1810, 13.0cm long (2)
Literature
Cf. D. Bennett & D. Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, Woodbridge, 1989 p.66, pl. 30 for a pair of similar constructed Catalan earpendants set with garnets, also op. cit. D. Mascetti & A. Triossi, p. 61.
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