A fine amethyst rivière, 1830s

A fine amethyst rivière, 1830s, designed as a line of graduated oval amethysts, to intricate floral borders and spacer links in three-coloured gold and cannetille, length 44cm, original fitted case

Cf.: Henri Vever, French Jewelry of the 19th Century, English edition translated by Katherine Purcell, London, 2001 (originally Paris, 1906-8), p.147, for a citrine parure similarly set in floral varicoloured gold