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A RENAISSANCE-STYLE JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED PENDANT IN THE FORM OF AN ANGEL

BY ALFRED ANDRÉ, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

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A RENAISSANCE-STYLE JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED PENDANT IN THE FORM OF AN ANGEL
By Alfred André, Paris, circa 1880
Oval, the raised diamond-set figure enamelled in red, green and white and with inscription 'Ave Maria G.', within border of white enamel scrolls, with pendant pearl, the reverse enamelled with black and white strapwork on gold ground, with suspension ring
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high

Provenance

As lot 1.
Rothschild inv. no. E.de R.659.

Literature

Y. Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery, London, 1979, col.pl.xxxvii, 815 and pp. 313-14, fig. 815.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

The plaster model for the border and the elaborate strapwork on the reverse is recorded as being from the workshop of Alfred André (see A. Kugel, R. Distelberger & M. Bimbenet-Privat, Joyaux Renaissance, Une Splendeur Retrouvée, Paris, 2000, Annexe pl.xv-c).

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