"Necklace Drapery Beginning Of The 19th Century With 13 Cameos And Intact Of Which Some Ancient"
beautiful silver drapery necklace from the early nineteenth century, time of the great tour.the clasp has a punch hard to decipher.
13 cameos and intaglios in agate some of which are crimped to form a very refined necklace.
several cameos from Roman times, others from the early 19th century. there are several famous subjects:
-a profile of a psychée
-a love cupidon playing with a butterfly (with a small crack in the bottom of the cameo)
-a ménade
-Ménélas
-a cameo turquoise probably Egyptian
-an intaglio Pegasus
-of Roman profiles etc ...
total length 41 cm the largest cameo size 2 cm
This is an exceptional necklace and rare, in very good condition, a very nice work of the grand tour, probably a souvenir of Italy acquired by de rich travelers.
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