A pair of late 18th century gold and garnet pendent earrings, probably Catalan
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A pair of late 18th century gold and garnet pendent earrings, probably Catalan
Each navette-shaped earring composed of four raised sections, with scrolling decoration, set with circular and oval-cut hessonite garnets, with floral engraving to revserse, length 9.0cm
Sold for £1,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • See Bonhams auction catalogue, 'The Art of Jewels', London, 9 December 2010, lot 7 for a similar pair of Catalan earrings. See also Mascetti, Daniela and Triossi, Amanda, 'Earrings from Antiquity to the Present', Rizzoli, New York, 1990, pp 60-61, for further examples.

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