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Gold, plique-à-jour enamel & opal

H  8.00cm (3.15 in)  |  W  9.50cm (3.74 in)

Origin	British, c. 1900
Case	Fitted Case
Condition	Very good
Weight	29.00 Grams

An extremely beautiful unrecorded Diadem by Archibald Knox.
The fiery central opal is set amongst gold entrelacs of flowers and foliage enriched with superb plique-à-jour enamel.
The reverse is embossed with a butterfly motif.
This is a metamorphic jewel being adjustable to both a diadem and a decorative comb.

Exhibitions
Exhibited at the exhibition: “Jewellery. materials craft art” at the National Museum Zurich from 19.05.2017 – 22.10.2017

Literature
Illustrated in our book:
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 490

Ref No   6893

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