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LOT 2201

Sicilian Gold Earrings with Droplets

SOUTH ITALIAN, 1860-1910 A.D.

1 7/8 - 2 in. (12.18 grams total, 48-51 mm).

Each a slender hoop with openwork filigree palmette to the inner face and openwork filigree bar to the underside with small pendant drops and openwork bell with biconical and other drops attached to the rim. [2]

Provenance

Ex Georgie Chrischilles.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 2201

Sicilian Gold Earrings with Droplets

Sold for (Inc. bp): £910

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