AN ENGLISH ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIERE
Lot 563

AN ENGLISH ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIERE

BY CARLO GIULIANO, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed5 December 2012

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GBP 4,375

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AN ENGLISH ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIERE
BY CARLO GIULIANO, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Circular box, the detachable cover, sides and base engine-turned and enamelled in translucent pale blue, within chased gold frames and translucent red enamel borders
1½ in. (40 mm.) diam.

Specialist note

Carlo Giuliano (1831-1895) moved to London from Italy where he and his sons Carlo and Arthur Giuliano established a successful jewellery business in 1860, opening premises on Piccadilly in 1874. The Giuliano family are most famous for their enamelled jewellery in the Renaissance tradition with a characteristic use of cabochon stones. Giuliano is said to have been patronised by Princess Mary's grandfather King Edward VII suggesting one possibility of how this object may have come into the collection at Harewood House.