A Victorian flexible 18k gold tubogaz blue enamel and diamond necklace with snake head and heart locket.
A Victorian flexible 18k gold tubogaz blue enamel and diamond necklace with snake head and heart locket.
Designed as a flexible tube, the clasp with a coiled snake motif suspending a heart-shaped medallion with clear quartz backing. Picked out in cobalt blue enamel, encrusted with vine leaf appliques and set with small rose-cut diamonds. Not hallmarked. Minor wear to the enamel. L 40.5 cm. Heart medallion H 1.5 cm. Total weight 30.1 g.
England, third quarter 19th century.
Provenance
Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Literature
Cf. Bennett/Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, Reprint 2011, Plate 174.
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A Victorian flexible 18k gold tubogaz blue enamel and diamond necklace with snake head and heart locket.
Designed as a flexible tube, the clasp with a coiled snake motif suspending a heart-shaped medallion with clear quartz backing. Picked out in cobalt blue enamel, encrusted with vine leaf appliques and set with small rose-cut diamonds. Not hallmarked. Minor wear to the enamel. L 40.5 cm. Heart medallion H 1.5 cm. Total weight 30.1 g.
England, third quarter 19th century.
Provenance
Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Literature
Cf. Bennett/Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, Reprint 2011, Plate 174.
