18kt Gold Allegorical Band

Description:

18kt Gold Allegorical Band, c. 1930-50, chased, depicting St. Francis of Assisi feeding animals against a blackened textured background, enhanced by a yellow diamond, the band marked "Laudato, Signore, Ste Mie.," size 6, attributed to Anna Bachelli. Note: Anna Bachelli was a designer in Turin, Italy who worked for Buccellati and Van Cleef & Arpels in the 1930's and 1940's. She also crafted original jewelry for her private clientele. She was not known to have signed her jewelry. Bachelli died in the late 1960's.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

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