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A LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIVAL GOLD AND ENAMEL BROOCH
In the Etruscan style, the square panel with white enamel centre with the legend DULCIS VITA and green enamel leaf accents to a polychrome enamel border with bead detail and conical accents to the cardinal points, circa 1900
In the Etruscan style, the square panel with white enamel centre with the legend DULCIS VITA and green enamel leaf accents to a polychrome enamel border with bead detail and conical accents to the cardinal points, circa 1900
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
Cf. David Bennett and Daniela and Mascetti "Understanding Jewellery" Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1989, p. 238, pl. 418, for a bracelet by Giacinto Melillo of similar design