Vintage Garnet Paste Enamel Egg Pendant And Silver Chain

Product Details

This fabulous vintage egg pendant is beautifully decorated with twinkling white pastes, a cabochon garnet on the bottom and teardrop and leaf motifs, highlighted in bright red and green guilloche enamel. 

Guilloche enamel dates to the 17^th century and involves metal carefully worked by a lathe, or “Rose Machine” into a decorative pattern and overlaid with a colourful enamel to create a striking and highly detailed work of art. 

It’s a beautiful design, similar to that of a Faberge egg and is modelled in gold metal and is accompanied by a sterling silver cable chain to display it on. 

WEIGHT: Egg 9.7 grams – Chain 3.6 grams

MEASURES: Egg Height 20mm (30mm inc. loop) x Width 16mm x Depth 16mm – Chain Length 18 inches x Width 1.5mm                                                                                                                  

METAL: Base Metal/ Sterling Silver chain 

STONES: Glass Paste, Garnet (3 x 3mm, approx. 0.10ct) 

AGE: Circa 1950 - 1960 

MARKS: Sterling Stamp on clasp 

CONDITION: Excellent 

ITEM NUMBER: 24-48 

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