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CACHET PENDANT SEAL, FRANCE, 19th CENTURY. Decorated...

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CACHET PENDANT SEAL, FRANCE, 19th CENTURY. Decorated with a woman's head in the antique style, carved in a block of agate, topped with an aigrette set with diamond roses holding a yellow gold clasp set with diamond roses and adorned around the neck with a ribboned bow also set with diamonds. The oval base holds a seal carved with a double head in profile, in a finely chiseled border of yellow gold flowers on a pink gold background dotted with diamond roses. Wear and tear, but good condition. Probably French work, 19th century. H. : 4 cm - L. : 1,2 cm. Gross weight : 10 g. Reference : see several other models of the same style in the collection of Baron Alexis de Redé (1922-2004), sold after his death at Sotheby's, on March 17, 2005, under n° 446.