Lot Essay
Cf: G. C. Munn, Castellani and Giuliano: Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century, Trefoil Books, London, 1984, pp. 94-104, illus. 105-109
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A FINE ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIVAL GOLD AND ENAMEL 'CAMPANA' BRACELET, BY MELILLO
The seven square panels designed as a series of floral and foliate motifs decorated with polychrome enamel, granulation, filigree and ropework borders to the similarly decorated semi-circular terminals, circa 1900, 19.5 cm. long
With maker's mark GM for Giacinto Melillo
The seven square panels designed as a series of floral and foliate motifs decorated with polychrome enamel, granulation, filigree and ropework borders to the similarly decorated semi-circular terminals, circa 1900, 19.5 cm. long
With maker's mark GM for Giacinto Melillo
Provenance
Christie's Geneva, 14 November 1985, lot 369
Literature
S. Weber Soros, S. Walker, Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry, BGC Yale, New Haven, 2004, p. 213, No. 110
Exhibited
The Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry exhibition, Somerset House, London, 2005, No. 110
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium