Fine and Rare Pair of Antique Seed Pearl and Ruby Girandole Earpendants

Description:

Fine and Rare Pair of Antique Seed Pearl and Ruby Girandole Earpendants, Southern Italy, mid-18th century, with bezel-set rubies and delicately threaded seed pearls, gold mounts, lg. 3 5/8 in., hallmarks, within original fitted box, (minor losses).

Note: An almost identical example is pictured in Earrings: from antiquity to the present by Daniela Mascetti and Amanda Triossi, p. 62.

Provenance: The Estate of Charles P. Fisher.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Overall wear with age, a few losses here and there but no largely visible flaws. Box with age typical defects.


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