A PAIR OF ETRUSCAN REVIVAL EAR PENDANTS
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A PAIR OF ETRUSCAN REVIVAL EAR PENDANTS

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A PAIR OF ETRUSCAN REVIVAL EAR PENDANTS
Each designed as a gold ram's head to the wide hoop and suspended drop with filigree decoration, circa 1880 (2)
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Lot Essay

Although these ear pendants are unsigned, they are believed to be made by Pasqual Novissimo, chief designer to Giuliano in London from 1874 to 1914, due to a bracelet by him of similar design.

Cf. J. Evans, A History of Jewellery: 1100-1870, Faber and Faber, London, 1970, illus. 192

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