Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu

An enamel and pearl chain, by Carlo and Arthur Giuliano, the long composite chain, with principal sections by Carlo and Arthur Giuliano, composed of reeded belcher-link sections, with plain polished baton links, nephrite jade beads and pearls (both untested) and red, green and white enamel barley twist baton links, with striped and spotted blue enamel terminals, mounted in gold, the final round link bearing maker’s mark ‘C&AG’, with a later additional belcher-link chain section to the centre, spaced with nephrite jade beads, total length 123cm. £800-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Private Collection of a Gentleman.

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The use of enamelled barley-twist baton links can be seen in other examples of Giuliano’s work. Geoffrey Munn records:
“For the wedding in 1891 of the Honourable Mary Adeane, one of Queen Victoria’s ladies-in-waiting, Giuliano was asked to make a pendant to match an Italian sixteenth century enamelled candy-twist chain, interspersed with pearls. The commission was highly successful and the pattern of the antique jewel became part of Giuliano’s working repertoire ... the look became something of a speciality that did not wane in popularity until well into the 20th century.”

See: Munn, G., Castellani and Giuliano: Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century, Trefoil Books Ltd, 1984, p120 and colour plate 152.