An Italian cased gold Etruscan or Archaeological Revival bangle, attributed to Cesare Roccheggiani, c.1870. A row of lapis lazuli beads, peg set to the top half with twisted wire borders and applied wire and bead decoration, to a bloomed ground. Applied lettering 'Roma' to the lower half with geometric lozenge frames, with twisted wire and bead decoration to an exterior row of beads to the outside edge, with slide action cylindrical clasp, with decorative finials to each end and a matching hinge. Tested as approximately 18ct gold. Fitted case with silk lining. 'Cesare Roccheggiani, Manufacture de Mosaiques, Rue Condotti 81, Roma'. 56 x 50mm, 15.5mm wide, 23.70g Cesare Roccheggiani was a master mosaicist active in the Vatican workshops from 1856-1864, later trading from his own premises. He made an étagère which forms part of the Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria & Albert Museum, and a necklace and earring suite to be found in the British Museum. In 1888, Roccheggiani is listed as a master mosaicist and maker of gold ornaments from antique patterns, while the Guida Commercial di Roma shows that the Roccheggiani premises had expanded to numbers 12-15 Via Condotti.
An Italian cased gold Etruscan or Archaeological Revival bangle, attributed to Cesare Roccheggiani, c.1870. A row of lapis lazuli beads, peg set to the top half with twisted wire borders and applied wire and bead decoration, to a bloomed ground. Applied lettering 'Roma' to the lower half with geometric lozenge frames, with twisted wire and bead decoration to an exterior row of beads to the outside edge, with slide action cylindrical clasp, with decorative finials to each end and a matching hinge. Tested as approximately 18ct gold. Fitted case with silk lining. 'Cesare Roccheggiani, Manufacture de Mosaiques, Rue Condotti 81, Roma'. 56 x 50mm, 15.5mm wide, 23.70g Cesare Roccheggiani was a master mosaicist active in the Vatican workshops from 1856-1864, later trading from his own premises. He made an étagère which forms part of the Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria & Albert Museum, and a necklace and earring suite to be found in the British Museum. In 1888, Roccheggiani is listed as a master mosaicist and maker of gold ornaments from antique patterns, while the Guida Commercial di Roma shows that the Roccheggiani premises had expanded to numbers 12-15 Via Condotti.
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