An 18k gold sautoir with a memorial miniature - image-1

Lot 13 Dα

An 18k gold sautoir with a memorial miniature

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
18.05.2017, 17:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.240 € (incl. premium)

An 18k gold sautoir with a memorial miniature

The miniature gouache and hairwork on ivory. A Neoclassical memento mori pendant inscribed "un jour je le retrouverai" in a capsule frame with river pearls, with a silhouette on paper to the reverse. Suspended on a watch chain with polychrome émail champlevé. Moisture traces to the silhouette, minimal losses to the pearls. H 4.5 cm. Chain: L 75 cm.
Pendant: Ca. 1800, chain: Presumably Swiss, ca. 1850/60.