Gold, large Baroque pearls, diamonds

H  6.00cm (2.36 in)  |  W  4.00cm (1.57 in)  |  L  47.00cm (18.50 in)

Possibly designed by Frank Walter Lawrence. Decorated with dragons, winged head, lotus & acanthus leaves.
Although unsigned, this necklace is close in style to jewels produced by Gusav Manz for the leading American Jewellers of the time such as Marcus & Co. of New York, who like Tiffany, selected from the Art Nouveau repertoire, adapting it to their own style, with their distinctive use of Baroque pearls & coils of metalwork.

Literature
llustrated in our book:
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, p. 262
Rosalie Berberian, Creating Beauty, Jewelry and Enamels of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, 2019, pp. 179-81 for F.W. Lawrence bigraphy.

Ref No   10310

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