Description & Technical information
Vinaigrette formed as a basket suspended by a gold link chain from a small gold ring, the sides, base and domed cover with multicolored bouquets of flowers on a translucent red enamelled guilloché ground framed in white and gold scrollwork. A small chain in red, green and pink enamel and gold connects the vinaigrette to a ring. The removable interior grill is richly decorated with rinceau and openwork foliage.
W:0.70oz. (20g.)
French Restauration. Charles X.
Price:15000€
REF:3892
Bibliography: Bijoux romantiques 1820-1850, la parure à l'époque de Georges Sand, Musée de la vie romantique, Paris, 2000.
Date: Circa 1820
Period: Early 19th century
Origin: Paris
Medium: Gold, enamel
Signature: Gold Mark: (ram’s head) 1819-1838
Dimensions: 4.3 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (1³/₄ x 0³/₈ x 0³/₈ inches)

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