Description:
Gold and Coral Demi-parure, c. 1870, with bacchante's head and grape cluster motifs, suspending amphora and grape cluster drops, competed by baton and bead links, together with a pair of amphora earrings and bacchante head earrings suspending drops, lg. 17, 1 1/4, 1 5/8 in.
Note: Lots 133 through 229 are property from the Nancy and Gilbert Levine collection, donated to the Toledo Museum of Art and sold to benefit its future acquisitions. The collection formed the Museum of Arts and Sciences travelling exhibition "A Century of Jewelry & Gems: 1785-1885" which was accompanied by a published catalogue in 1995.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
bacchante earrings with later findings.
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Keywords
Gilbert Levine, Coral Demi-parure, Gold Demi-parureKaitlin Shinnick
Director, Jewelry
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John Colasacco
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Gloria Lieberman
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