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A REVIVALIST GOLD AND CARNELIAN PENDANT BROOCH, BY ERNESTO PIERRET
Designed as a bulla, the front decorated with elaborate bead and wirework geometric motifs centering a carved carnelian scarab, the reverse with glazed window, attached with a rectangular bail similarly decorated, mounted in gold--circa 1865
Ernesto Pierret, born in Paris in 1824, moved to Rome, where he opened a jewelry store in 1857. Pierret's work was considered to equal Castellani in technique and design, yet priced more moderately. Popular in Rome, many of the master jewelers were busy reproducing Greek, Etruscan and ancient models in gold that required fine execution.
Signed Pierret
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Designed as a bulla, the front decorated with elaborate bead and wirework geometric motifs centering a carved carnelian scarab, the reverse with glazed window, attached with a rectangular bail similarly decorated, mounted in gold--circa 1865
Ernesto Pierret, born in Paris in 1824, moved to Rome, where he opened a jewelry store in 1857. Pierret's work was considered to equal Castellani in technique and design, yet priced more moderately. Popular in Rome, many of the master jewelers were busy reproducing Greek, Etruscan and ancient models in gold that required fine execution.
Signed Pierret
See illustration