336
Pair of hoop earrings
Estimate €350–550
335
A girandole brooch
Estimate €700–1.200
Description
Converted from an earring.
Silver of approximately 800/000 fineness, designed as a girandole decorated with branches, flowers and three pendants.
Entirely set with foiled topazes in shades of pink, orange and yellow.
Portuguese work of the third quarter of the 18th century.
(signs of wear, minor replacements, upper element soldered at the time of conversion into a brooch in the 20th century)
W.: 4 cm
16.4 g
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