DECCAN OR NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

Details

A DIAMOND-SET AND ENAMELLED GOLD BUCKLE
DECCAN OR NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, the green enamelled ground set with diamonds in a star arrangement, a line of further diamonds set in gold settings on each side, the long sides and reverse enamelled, the reverse decorated with blue flowers and green leaves against a white ground
1 1/4 x 2in. (3.3 x 5cm.)

Provenance

With Horowitz & Cie, Geneva, 1989, from whom purchased by the present owner

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

A buckle with a strikingly similar diamond face to the present lot was sold in these Rooms, 23 September 2005, lot 98. The original function of the present lot as a piece of jewellery is somewhat unclear. However, an example sold in these Rooms, 24 September 2003, lot 106, has later composite fittings which suggests that it was worn as a bracelet. Though both of the examples mentioned above have a reverse of red and gold enamel, a similar piece with a blue and green reverse was sold in these Rooms, 12 June 2014, lot 28.

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