Archaeological Revival Gold "Millefiori" Bracelet, Castellani

Description:

Archaeological Revival Gold "Millefiori" Bracelet, Castellani, c. 1860, each link designed as a boss set with clusters of flowerheads framed by applied bead and ropetwist accents, signed on two links with interlaced Cs, (minor losses).

Note: For a similar millefiori bracelet whose design was influenced by the work of Michelangelo Caetani, see the catalogue of the exhibition Castellani and Italian Archaeological Revival Jewelry, The Bard Graduate Center, New York, November 2004-February 2005, p. 20, no. 35.

Provenance: Descendants of the Walters Family, Baltimore, Maryland. See lot 530 for further history.

Estimate $3,000-5,000

Castellani Bracelet
Lg. 7 1/4 in.
approx. interior circum. 6 1/8 in.
there are a few bent or lost petals on four links
each CC signature is slightly different

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