Sold for:
$10,665
$10,665
Etruscan Revival 18kt Gold Brooch, Giacinto Melillo, the bar pin top designed as the chariot of the sun with lion's head terminals, suspending a capped tassel with bead, palmette, and ovoid drops, all-over granulation and millegrain accents, unsigned, in a Giacinto Melillo, Napoli fitted box, the reverse stamped Grand Prix Exposition Universelle Paris 1900, (designed with two figures of Victory, one missing, one detached). Note: For a similar example see CASTELLANI AND GIULIANO, by Geoffrey C. Munn, plate 125.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-12-09
