Castellani - The Geneva Jewels Auction: THREE Geneva Monday, November 11, 2024 | Phillips
  • Condition Report

    • Comprising: a brooch, decorated with a sculpted gold eagle resting on a circular polychrome tesserae plaque, depicting Julius Caesar, supporting a mosaic panel spelling ROMAE and mosaic fringes, measuring approximately 100 x 35mm, and a pair of ear clips, with mosaic plaques illustrating doves and olive branches, length approximately 52mm, unsigned, some tesserae missing.

  • Provenance

    The Collection of the Late Mrs. Harry Winston, Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 1992, lot 513.

  • Literature

    D. Bennett and D. Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, Suffolk (2021), p. 163, pl. 176 (for an illustration of a necklace and a pair of ear clips with similar Roman motifs).

Formerly in the Collection of Mrs. Harry Winston

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Gold and micromosaic demi-parure, circa 1875

Comprising: a brooch, decorated with a sculpted gold eagle resting on a circular polychrome tesserae plaque, depicting Julius Caesar, supporting a mosaic panel spelling ROMAE and mosaic fringes, measuring approximately 100 x 35mm, and a pair of ear clips, with mosaic plaques illustrating doves and olive branches, length approximately 52mm, unsigned, some tesserae missing.

Estimate
CHF7,000 - 10,000 
€7,500-10,700
$8,000-12,000

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The Geneva Jewels Auction: THREE

Geneva Auction 11 November 2024