Lot 45
45
AN ITALIAN GOLD AND MICRO-MOSAIC CRUCIFORM BROOCH PENDANT with seed-pearls in the angles and beaded scroll and wirework mounts, the blue and white mosaic reading 'Light and Life' in Greek letters, circa 1870

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AN ITALIAN GOLD AND MICRO-MOSAIC CRUCIFORM BROOCH PENDANT with seed-pearls in the angles and beaded scroll and wirework mounts, the blue and white mosaic reading 'Light and Life' in Greek letters, circa 1870
4.0cm. wide

Lot Essay

Cf. C. Gere, Victorian Jewellery Design (1972) pl.54(b)
and Christie's New York, 30 October 1980, lot 140 for two
similar brooches by Castellani

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