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LOT 0347
Elizabethan Boat-Shaped Pendant with Putti
16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.77 grams, 27 mm).
A gold pendant formed as a crescent frame with vertical bar and two outer bands; bar with trefoil finial, pierced for suspension; crescent with pierced lugs to the lower edge and wire dangles; outer bands with putto mask to the centre, frond detailing and green enamelling.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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LOT 0347
Elizabethan Boat-Shaped Pendant with Putti
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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