Details
Comprising a snake necklace and a bracelet with floral motifs
Cabochon garnets of various shapes, heart-shaped cabochon rock crystal on the reverse of the necklace, rose-cut diamonds, silver and gold, circa 1840s

Size/Dimensions: necklace 43.0 cm; bracelet 17.0 cm
Gross weight: 72.8 grams
Literature
A. Triossi and D. Mascetti, The necklaces, London, Thames and Hudson, 1997, p. 110 for the photograph of one necklace
Cf. P. Hinks, Nineteenth Century Jewellery, Faber and Faber, London, 1975, ill. 21 for a similar model
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