ANGLETERRE ANNEES 1860 AMETHYST CAMEO PENDANT... Lot 31

ANGLETERRE ANNEES 1860 AMETHYST CAMEO PENDANT RENAISSANCE STYLE It is decorated with a cameo on amethyst representing the Virgin. The setting is in 18K yellow gold with polychrome enamel and pyramidal and round châtons set with emeralds and rubies. Gross weight: 35,36 gr. (slight lack of enamel). Dimensions : 4,6 x 4,2 cm. The origin of the holbeinesque jewels is discussed by Geoffrey Munn in his book "Castellani and Guiliano, Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th century" (1983, p.165 sq). Holbeinesque jewellery. They designate an English movement of Neo-Renaissance jewellery, the name chosen referring to the portraits of the famous painter Hans HOLBEIN. It emerges that the pendants of the type of this one appear in London about 1865 and are proposed to a rich clientele by jewellers as prestigious as Hancock, Robert Phillips, John Brogden and Carlo Guiliano. This style is obviously related to the pre-Raphaelist aesthetic that spread in England after 1850. (ref : Fabian de Montjoye) Fritz Falk, Jewellery 1840 - 1940, Arnoldsche , Stuttgart 2004 Geoffroy Munn, Castellani and Giuliano, Trefoil Books, 1984 Cailles & Salit, Le Prix du bijou, Ed Acr, Page 317 for a similar model, from a Christie's London sale, 1988. An amethyst cameo, ruby, emerald, enamel and 18K yellow gold pendant, circa 1860. England. Gross weight : 35,36 gr. (very small missing). Dimensions : 4,6 x 4,2 cm.