A SPANISH OCTAGONAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND ROCK-CRYSTAL CROWNED PENDANT, the centre pierced with the contracted form of 'Maria' and with red, white and green enamel scrolls around the edges, the reverse with red, green and blue enamel on a white ground, first half of the 17th Century, on flattened gold neckchain
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A SPANISH OCTAGONAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND ROCK-CRYSTAL CROWNED PENDANT, the centre pierced with the contracted form of 'Maria' and with red, white and green enamel scrolls around the edges, the reverse with red, green and blue enamel on a white ground, first half of the 17th Century, on flattened gold neckchain
Pendant 7.0cm. high
Neckchain 40.5cm.long
Lot Essay
Cf. P. Muller, Jewels in Spain 1500-1800 (1972) nos.189,191 and M.C. Di Natale, Ori e Argenti di Sicilia (1989), no.16 (a)(b)