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A LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY DIAMOND AIGRETTE
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A LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY DIAMOND AIGRETTE

Closed15 June 2016

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A LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY DIAMOND AIGRETTE
Modelled as a spray of wheat sheaves and various flowers, set throughout with old-cut diamonds, mounted en tremblant, and tied by a similarly-set ribbon swag, closed-set in silver and gold, circa 1800, 10.5cm, in antique case

Specialist note

Cf. Hugh Tait, The Art of the Jeweller: A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, London, 1984, pg.21, pl.5, no.17 and also back cover illustration, for a ribbon-tied trembler spray of flowers and wheat-ears of very similar design