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AN ANTIQUE ENAMEL AND GOLD BANGLE BRACELET
Of articulated design, composed of a series of alternating engraved gold and blue enamel oval-shaped links to the fleur de lys intersections enhanced by blue guilloché enamel panels, each with an engraved gold pansy, mounted in 18k gold, (with damage to enamel), circa 1860, 2½ ins. diameter, with French assay mark and maker's mark
Of articulated design, composed of a series of alternating engraved gold and blue enamel oval-shaped links to the fleur de lys intersections enhanced by blue guilloché enamel panels, each with an engraved gold pansy, mounted in 18k gold, (with damage to enamel), circa 1860, 2½ ins. diameter, with French assay mark and maker's mark
Literature
Henri Vever, "French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century", Thames & Hudson, London, 2001, pages 551 and 609
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.
Further details
In the Victorian language of flowers, a pansy signified "think of the giver".