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Lot 37*

ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIVAL NECKLACE AND EARRING SUITE, CIRCA 1870

26 April 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £15,300 inc. premium

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIVAL NECKLACE AND EARRING SUITE, CIRCA 1870

The gold bead necklace issuing a fringe of ancient coins depicting heads in profile and shells, and animals or foliage to the reverse, each within a ropetwist border and quartered with beaded decoration, connected via snake-link chains, accented with rosette motifs, the earrings en suite, lengths: necklace 39.0cm, earrings 3.0cm, cased by C. Tombini, Roma, Babuino No. 65, Londra 22 Wigmore St.

Footnotes

A Handbook of Rome and its Environs (John Murray, London, 1871) notes that Cesare Tombini was 'a good working jeweller at 65, via Babuino who can be relied upon for setting cameos, mosaics, etc'.

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