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A GOLD AND CATSEYE SCARAB RING BY CASTELLANI-1870 ca

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Bernardo Antichita'
Ponte Vecchio 44r
Firenze-Italy
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$ 7500

A GOLD AND CATSEYE SCARAB RING BY CASTELLANI-1870 ca
A mid Victorian Archaeological Revival gold and chrysoberyl catseye scarab ring by Castellani, circa 1870.

The carved chrysoberyl scarab with an intaglio engraved base of a man's head, signed with the intertwined double CC mark.

Claw set in a beaded swivel mount on a simple hoop shank with twisted wire shoulders, the inner shank base applied with Castellani's intertwined double CC mark, finger size I

For another intaglio signed Castellani see: Porzio Biroli Stefanelli & Leone, Incisori in Pietra Dura a Piazza di Spagna, Firenze 2009.
Goffrey C. Munn, Castellani e Giuliano, plate 37, pag. 42



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