An enamelled gold and baroque pearl pendant in the shape of a Bird, Hispano-Flemish, circa 1600 and later
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October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
An enamelled gold and baroque pearl pendant in the shape of a Bꦏird,&nb💦sp;Hispano-Flemish,
circa 1600 and later
the enamelled bird set with a baroque pearl, suspended by two small chains, and a suspending pearl below that was added later, exempted for 18 carat gold
3 by 1⅝ in.; 75 by 40 mm
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Pendentif oiseau en or,꧂ émail et perles baroques, hispano🍰-flamand,
fin XVIe siècle et postérieur
dispense pour l'or 18K (750°/00)
3 x 1⅝ in.; 75 x 40 mm
Sotheby's London, 9 July 2008, lot 81
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Sotheby's Londres, 9 juillet 2008, lot 81
Y. Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery, London, 1979, fig. 665 (attributed to Spanish Netherlands)
In the second half of the sixteenth century fantastical pendants used in conjunction with misshapen baroque pearls emerged as a new fashion. Compare the present bird with an ostrich in the Museo degli Argenti, Florence illustrated by Mosca where it is described as Flemish manufacture and late sixteenth century in date.