Lot 100
- 100
AN UNUSUAL GOLD AND ENAMEL OVAL MUSICAL PENDANT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- CIRCA 1820
- Enamel and gold
- width 39 mm
• gilt brass barillet stacked comb musical movement • oval case, with a polychrome enamel medallion depicting flowers over blue translucent enamel ground, the reverse with powder blue enamel over a translucent blue enamel, lever to activate the music in the band, chased, pierced floral border with blue and red enamel flowers
Provenance
Prominent American Family until present
Catalogue Note
For a similar piece with similar see Roy Mosoriak, The Curious History of Music Boxes, 1943, p. 62, pl. 10