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CARLO & ARTHUR GIULIANO: ENAMEL AND GEM-SET NECKLACE, CIRCA 1900

London Jewels

5 December 2024, 11:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £53,740 inc. premium

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CARLO & ARTHUR GIULIANO: ENAMEL AND GEM-SET NECKLACE, CIRCA 1900

Highly articulated, composed of swags of scrolling motifs decorated with black and white enamel, set centrally with a graduation of mixed cut green and blue-green sapphires, suspending a 8.5mm bouton-shaped pearl drop of grey tint, accented by cushion-shaped green sapphires, circular and French-cut garnets, terminating with seed pearl finials, mounted in gold, maker's mark C&AG, pearl untested, length 40.0cm, length of pearl drop (from shortest swag to grey pearl) 9.5cm, fitted maker's case, 115 Piccadilly, London, handwritten label, 'Tourmaline & Jargoon' pinned to interior lining of case

Footnotes

For a similar necklace set with diamonds and a drop pearl with closely comparable black and white enamel scrolls, see Munn, G., 'Castellani and Giuliano: Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century', Trefoil, 1984, p.120, ill.fig.139.

The exterior base of the case is embossed with the letter 'G' for Guichard - considered by far the best case maker - Guichard's cases are often embossed 'G' near the hinge. Other firms such as C.J. Kitts, Wheeler and Oliver were also employed by Giuliano as specialist case makers. See Munn, p.168 fig.174.

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