MANNER OF GIACINTO MELILLO
ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIVAL BROOCH, CIRCA 1880
Estimate: £600 - £800
Auction: Day Two | Lots 253 to 490 | Thursday 17th April from 10am
Description
gilt metal, enamel, with the legend DULCIS VITA
Dimensions
2.1cm square
Provenance
Provenance: Jessie Marion King and Ernest Archibald Taylor
By descent to their daughter Merle Taylor
Estate of Merle Taylor
Footnote
Literature: Bennett D. and Mascetti D. Understanding Jewellery Woodbridge 1989, p. 238, pl. 418, for a bracelet by Giacinto Melillo of similar design