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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]
ProvenanceEx 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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