A Neoclassical 18k gold intaglio parure
Comprising a delicate collier, a six-stranded bracelet, and a pair of pendant earrings. The replaced earring hooks stamped 585 for 14k gold. The earring hoops replaced, the collier has been enlarged slightly via additional links. Collier: L 39 cm. Bracelet: L 16 cm, W 3.5 cm. Earrings: 6 cm. Total weight 86 g.
1st quarter 19th C., the intaglios Roman and 17th - 19th C.
The collier set with 22 intaglios, 10 of which ancient Roman (carnelian, ant with an ear of corn, 1st c. BC / chrysoprase, Athena with Victoriola, fine syle, 1st c. AD / carnelian, Victory flying above a quadriga, 1st c. BC / rosy agate, bull, 1st c. AD / carnelian, Ceres Fortuna, 2nd-3rd c. AD / carnelian, Omphale with a lion's scalp, fine style, 2nd-1st c. BC / carnelian, Silenus with an aulos before an altar, 1st - 2nd c. AD / carnelian, Han, 3rd - 4th c. AD / carnelian, Mercury, 2nd - 3rd c. AD / chrysoprase, sacrificial scene, 1st c. AD).
The bracelet set with 24 intaglios, 9 of which ancient Roman (layered agate, Silenus with panpipes, 1st c. AD / carnelian, slave mask, 1st c. AD / sard, gryllos, 1st - 2nd c. AD / carnelian, maenad, fine style, 1st - 2nd c. AD / carnelian, head of a bull with an ear of corn, 1st c. AD / carnelian, Pegasus flying, 1st c. BC / carnelian, Fortuna, 2nd - 3rd c. AD / heads of Silenus and a hetaira, 1st c. AD / carnelian, bird and a dog before an amphora, 2nd - 3rd c. AD / carnelian, Hellenistic portrait of a ruler, 2nd - 1st c. BC).
The earrings with ten intaglios, 3 of which ancient Roman (chrysoprase, satyr with a shepherd's staff, 1st c. AD / carnelian, head of Janus, presumably Sassanian / chrysoprase, satyr with a shepherd's staff, 1st c. AD).
Provenance
Private ownership, Bavaria.