AN ANTIQUE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN JEWELLED CROSS PENDANT

AN ANTIQUE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN JEWELLED CROSS PENDANT
CIRCA 1900
The Botonee Cross set with foil backed step cut beryl, hardstones and circular cut garnets, with freshwater pearl accents, the trefoil terminals with black, white and burgundy accented detail, to pierced scrolled panel verso with crown motifs, stamped with post 1867 Austro Hungarian control marks
Size/dimensions: 12cm long
Gross weight: 10.0 grams

Condition Report:
The control marks are in the majority are part struck, one may be an I - indicating assay office of Klagenfurt. The foiling's behind the stones have in the majority perished and now seem yellowed, some brown patches, but typical of age. There is some loses to the black enamel, some slight cracking and some losses to some white enamel, pearls untested for origin. The garnet at the base of the cross has been replaced with an upside-down red stone, glue visible. Some rubbing to the gilding Condition Report Disclaimer