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RARE GEORGIAN COQUE DE PERLE, MARCASITE AND CUT STEEL NECKLACE, CIRCA 1740
Composed of a series of graduated coques de perles and marcasite clusters, set alternately with marcasite openwork floral sprays, suspending a further coque de perle triple cluster drop, mounted in cut steel, inner circumference 300mm, gross weight approximately 47.7 grams.
Accompanied by a period fitted sharkskin case.
PROVENANCE
Bonhams London, Fine Jewellery, 4 December 2003, lot 147 Private collection, United Kingdom.
Notes:
c.f Tait, H, The Art of the Jeweller, a catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, London, 1984, p.29, plate 148 for a pair of similar earrings.
Composed of a series of graduated coques de perles and marcasite clusters, set alternately with marcasite openwork floral sprays, suspending a further coque de perle triple cluster drop, mounted in cut steel, inner circumference 300mm, gross weight approximately 47.7 grams.
Accompanied by a period fitted sharkskin case.
PROVENANCE
Bonhams London, Fine Jewellery, 4 December 2003, lot 147 Private collection, United Kingdom.
Notes:
c.f Tait, H, The Art of the Jeweller, a catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, London, 1984, p.29, plate 148 for a pair of similar earrings.
Estimate $3,800 - $4,800
The Anne Schofield AM Collection - A Legacy in Antique Jewellery
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8830
6:00pm - 1 December 2026
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
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