Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

An 18th century blue paste brooch/pendant and earpendant suite, the pendant of sévigné design suspending a circular cluster drop with foliate surround and further pear-shaped cluster drop below, together with matching earpendants ensuite, set throughout with pale blue paste, mounted in silver with coloured foil backs, the brooch double stuck with French boar’s head assay mark and lozenge maker’s mark, the earrings similarly marked, the earrings with later loop fittings, brooch length 10.2cm, earpendant length 6.4cm, in a later gold tooled red leather case, the interior silk signed ‘Franklin, 37 Duke St, St. James’s’. £2000-3000

For a similar example of the brooch/pendant (without earrings, and lacking pendant drop) see Christes’ sale of Antique and Collectable Jewellery, including the Clifford Collection, 1st June 2006, lot 40.

Also see back cover illustration.