A late 19th century enamel and seed pearl fringe necklace, by Carlo Giuliano, and an adapted pendant, by Child & Child, circa 1900


Designed as a continuous series of polychrome drops, each red enamel rectangular surmount above a pale blue enamel feather, with a dark blue enamel bell-shaped terminal and two seed pearl finials, mounted in gold, accompanied by an adapted pendant of similar design, formed from several converted fringe drops above a pair of pale blue enamel wings, with a dark blue enamel and seed pearl highlight, terminating in a further fringe drop, mounted in silver and gold, necklace with maker's marks 'CG' in an oval lozenge, pendant with maker's mark for Child & Child, lengths: necklace 37.0cm, pendant 5.2cm, necklace with fitted case by C. Giuliano, 115 Piccadilly, London
|ProvenanceEsther Rosamund Bland (1876 - ?) Thence by descentThe necklace was gifted to the current owner by her mother, Patience Bland, on the occasion of her 21st birthday. Patience Bland's aunt, Esther Rosamund, pictured, was the great great niece of the famous prison reformer Elizabeth Fry (1780 - 1845).