A gold cupid stick pin in the revivalist style, the finial with Cupid holding a cornucopia decorated with applied wirework and beading and with granulated gold hairstyle, circa 1875, probably by Melillo

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A gold cupid stick pin in the revivalist style, the finial with Cupid holding a cornucopia decorated with applied wirework and beading and with granulated gold hairstyle, circa 1875, probably by Melillo

Cf. G. Munn, Castellani & Giuliano (1984) pl.113. Giacinto Melillo (1845-1915) took over the running of Castellani's workshop in Naples in 1870

See Plate 11

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