The Collection of Jean Louis Chameroy, Offered Without Reserve - 24 Oct 2023
λ A rare Berlin iron necklace, circa 1825, and a collection of jewel components
λ A rare Berlin iron necklace, circa 1825, and a collection of jewel components, 18th and 19th century, comprising: a Berlin iron work necklace designed as openwork leaves, length approximately 28cm, incomplete, central motif detached, clasp deficient; an 18th century carnelian and marcasite brooch, length 3.2cm, brooch fitting later; a navette-shaped miniature on ivory depicting a lady in a pink shawl, within a frame applied with blue and white enamel, length 5.6cm including later pendant chain fitting; an openwork oval plaque designed as a Neoclassical trophy, set with rose-cut diamonds, mounted in silver, length 3.5cm; a jewel component designed as a pansy, set with rose-cut diamonds and a ruby, the leaves applied with green enamel, length 2.2cm; a glass cameo depicting a putto; a jet bracelet, clasp broken; a paste hair pin and brooch, brooch pin deficient; a pair of enamelled panels and a mother of pearl panel, each depicting flowers; a pair of rose quartz finials; a black lava fob seal carved with a woman leaning on a pillar; two paste buttons and two small paste brooches; two seed pearl and diamond links, pearls untested;
Cf.: Ginny Redington Dawes and Olivia Collings, Georgian Jewellery:1744-1830, Antique Collector's Club, 2007, p.62, for an illustration of a similar Berlin iron choker necklace