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A RENAISSANCE-REVIVAL GOLD, DIAMOND, PEARL AND ENAMEL NECKLACE, BY GIULIANO
The necklace composed of a fringe of three openwork scroll panels each with applied black and white piqué enamel and set with five old-brilliant-cut diamonds to diamond four stone articulated surmounts, each suspending a pendant of three pearls, flanked by similar smaller drop spacers and graduated openwork looped scroll links with pearl drop intervals, circa 1890, approximately 37.0cm. long, in fitted gold tooled leather case with stamped C for Guichard, please note that the pearls have not been tested for natural origin
The central panel reverse with applied maker's plaque C.G for Carlo Giuliano
The necklace composed of a fringe of three openwork scroll panels each with applied black and white piqué enamel and set with five old-brilliant-cut diamonds to diamond four stone articulated surmounts, each suspending a pendant of three pearls, flanked by similar smaller drop spacers and graduated openwork looped scroll links with pearl drop intervals, circa 1890, approximately 37.0cm. long, in fitted gold tooled leather case with stamped C for Guichard, please note that the pearls have not been tested for natural origin
The central panel reverse with applied maker's plaque C.G for Carlo Giuliano
Provenance
This necklace was formerly the Property of Lady Emma Alice Margaret (Margot) Countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864 -1945) wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith KG, PC, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908-1916). This lot is accompanied by a facsimile letter from Lady Asquith to the vendor, dated 18th June 1942 stating that the necklace was originally given to her by her husband on the day of their marriage in 1894. She mentions that she would now like to give it to the vendor as a token of gratitude for the friendship between her and the vendor's father. The letter is signed Margot.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Further details
Cf. Geoffrey C. Munn, Castellani and Giuliano, Revivalist jewellers of the Nineteenth Century, New York, 1984, p. 80, and Christie's Catalogue Magnificent Jewels, Geneva, 16 Nov. 2005, Lot. 183 for a necklace by Giuliano with similar design fringe panels.
Geoffrey Munn states that "one of Giuliano's most colourful patrons was Margot Asquith, the wife of the Prime Minister. Some employees remember that she horrified the staff at the Piccadilly premises by sitting on the tables and swinging her legs when considering new additions to her jewel collection."
Geoffrey Munn states that "one of Giuliano's most colourful patrons was Margot Asquith, the wife of the Prime Minister. Some employees remember that she horrified the staff at the Piccadilly premises by sitting on the tables and swinging her legs when considering new additions to her jewel collection."
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