Details
A late 17th early 18th century gold memento Mori slide, of facetted rock crystal enclosing woven hair with applied miniature enamelled skeleton and the legend 'I rest'.
See Plate 3
See Plate 3
Further details
The following lots of reverse crystal intaglio jewellery are atributed to Ernest Willam Pradier and his son Ernest Marious. Both father and son developed their skill in engraving and painting intaglios producing a large number of individual pieces throughout the latter half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th.