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A MULTI-GEM AND ENAMEL BIRD BROOCH / PENDANT, GIULIANO FOR SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES
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A MULTI-GEM AND ENAMEL BIRD BROOCH / PENDANT, GIULIANO FOR SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES

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A MULTI-GEM AND ENAMEL BIRD BROOCH / PENDANT, GIULIANO FOR SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES
Circular cabochon-cut ruby, coral and turquoise, half pearls, red and green enamel, brooch and suspension loop mounted on folding bar fittings, gold, circa 1896, 4.0 cm, designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and signed C&AG in an impressed oval for Carlo and Arthur Giuliano, green velvet Giuliano case

This lot incorporates material from endangered species which could result in export restrictions.

Formerly the property of Madeline Wyndham (1871-1941) and thence by descent.

Miss Wyndham appeared, aged sixteen, in a delicately rendered chalk portrait by Burne-Jones. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Percy Wyndham who were well-known in British Society at the time and were part of a social group of politicians and intellectuals known as ‘The Souls’. A similar social group evolved from the orginal referred to as ‘The Coterie’ and counted aristocrats, politicians and art-lovers amongst its members, including Sir Edward Burne-Jones.

Specialist note

A small number of iterations of this brooch are known to exist, one of which belonged to Margaret Burne-Jones, daughter of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and currently resides in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum (likely to be the very same jewel illustrated in the book written by Charlotte Gere and Geoffrey Munn which was given on loan for a travelling exhibition entitled Edward Burne-Jones, Victorian Artist-Dreamer from 1998-1999). Another belonged to Laura Tennant who was an acquaintance of Burne-Jones and sat as subject for many of his portraits, and a third is said to have belonged to the art critic Harry Quilter which was sold at auction in London in 1990.