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Balearen

Cross pendant with rock crystal. Circa 1580

Colonial gold (9 carat), 7 rock crystals, enamel, 3 pearls, 1 red stone. 6 x 3,5 cm (2 ⅜ x 1 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Balearen. Cross pendant with rock crystal. Circa 1580.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 5,000

USD 3,800

 

- 6,340

Sold for:

6,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 229-235

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 27.11.2014

Information

Colonial gold (9 carat), 7 rock crystals, enamel, 3 pearls, 1 red stone. 6 x 3,5 cm (2 ⅜ x 1 ⅜ in.). Partial damage to individual stones and to the enamel on the reverse.

Comparable object and related literature: The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, inventory number 57.1745, illustrated in: Yvonne Hackenbroich: Renaissance Jewellery, Munich 1979, ill. 877 A+B.

1920s, a gift from Gottlieb Friedrich Reber (1880-1957) to his wife Erna, born Sander (1885-1969) / private collection, Switzerland