A FRENCH JEWELLED GOLD STICK-PIN with finial formed as a slender hand with gemset cuff grasping a diamond collet, circa 1880, with illegible maker's mark in lozenge punch and restricted warranty mark for gold, and a vari-coloured gold example with finial formed as a slender matted hand wearing finger ring and holding a bead, the simulated lace cuff with red and green gold detail, the finial circa 1840 (2)

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A FRENCH JEWELLED GOLD STICK-PIN with finial formed as a slender hand with gemset cuff grasping a diamond collet, circa 1880, with illegible maker's mark in lozenge punch and restricted warranty mark for gold, and a vari-coloured gold example with finial formed as a slender matted hand wearing finger ring and holding a bead, the simulated lace cuff with red and green gold detail, the finial circa 1840 (2)

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INDENTThe motif of a slender outstretched hand dates from classical times. See T. Murdoch (comp.) 'Treasures & Trinkets', Jewellery in London from pre-Roman times to the 1930's (1991) no.170 (iii) for a Roman hairpin with hand finial

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