Sep Ancient Art & Paintings & Collectibles
Lot 163:
Description
L:3.7cm W:2.7cm Wt:6.9g
Handcrafted entirely in 18K gold with central blue guilloch?? enamel. The box border is decorated with high-relief repouss?? carving of ivy leaf motifs. The veins of leaves and undulating tendrils are rendered in exquisite detail. In Victorian culture, ivy symbolises "eternal love and fidelity", one of the most classic sentimental motifs in jewellery of that era. Bears antique eagle’s head hallmark.
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