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PROBABLY BY ALFRED ANDRÉ, PARIS, CIRCA 1860
Details
A RENAISSANCE-STYLE JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED BAROQUE PEARL PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A BULL
Probably by Alfred André, Paris, circa 1860
The baroque pearl body with diamond-set enamelled trappings, the reclining animal resting on deep oval base set with rubies, enamelled with openwork scrolls and with pendant pearl, with suspension chains and ring, the chains joined to openwork quatrefoil link
37/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high overall
Probably by Alfred André, Paris, circa 1860
The baroque pearl body with diamond-set enamelled trappings, the reclining animal resting on deep oval base set with rubies, enamelled with openwork scrolls and with pendant pearl, with suspension chains and ring, the chains joined to openwork quatrefoil link
37/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high overall
Provenance
As lot 1.
Rothschild inv. no E.de R.656.
Rothschild inv. no E.de R.656.
Literature
Y. Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery, London, 1979, fig. 906.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.