A CONTINENTAL GOLD, ENAMEL, AND GEM-SET PENDANT
Lot 113 Portrait of the Wife of Count Ferenc Eszterházy (Katalin Thököly)
Anonymous artist, ca. 1700
Courtesy Hungarian National Museum, Budapest,
Oil on Canvas,
(Inv. No. 1555)

A CONTINENTAL GOLD, ENAMEL, AND GEM-SET PENDANT

17TH CENTURY WITH LATER ADDITIONS

Closed17 May 2011

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A CONTINENTAL GOLD, ENAMEL, AND GEM-SET PENDANT
17TH CENTURY WITH LATER ADDITIONS
Depicting Saint George and the Dragon, circular with scalloped edges of black and white champlevé enamel framing the figure of Saint George and the Dragon, surrounded by eight table-cut and collet-set rubies, the jewel suspended by a gold and pearl chain from a black and white striped enamel flowerhead decorated with five table-cut and collet-set rubies in the shape of a cross, the pendant suspending a pearl, apparently unmarked
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) long