A pair of shoe buckles embellished with facetted red pastes simulating rubies; and another pair with a cruciform arrangement of red, yellow and blue mottled beads interspersed with pastes on a metal foliate framework, 1890s/1900s (2)

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A pair of shoe buckles embellished with facetted red pastes simulating rubies; and another pair with a cruciform arrangement of red, yellow and blue mottled beads interspersed with pastes on a metal foliate framework, 1890s/1900s (2)
Provenance
The first pair are said to have belonged to the actress Sarah Bernhardt. Sold with the lot is a letter detailing this provenance.

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