Sale 1266
Geneva
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16 November 1999
Price realised
CHF 18,400
Estimate
A SUITE OF AMETHYST AND TURQUOISE JEWELLERY Comprising a head ornament, designed as a series of amethyst and turquoise cluster flowerheads, with turquoise-studded filigree leaves, to the two-row arched band; a necklace and pair of girandole ear-pendants en suite, circa 1815, necklace 47.0 cm. (3)
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