Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu

A late 19th century French hardstone cameo suite, the pendant/brooch centred with an oval agate cameo carved to depict the profile of a lady with upswept hair, claw set within a black enamel hoop surround spaced with half pearls, mounted in yellow gold, bearing French eagle’s head assay marks, with detachable brooch fitting (detachable bale lacking), with a pair of earpendants ensuite, on articulated suspensions from matching black enamel and half pearl surmounts, to hook fittings, each bearing French eagle’s head assay marks, indistinct maker’s marks and numbered ‘73’, in fitted case signed ‘Mahler, 122 & 123 Palais Royal’, brooch length 40.5mm, earpendants length 54mm. £1,200-£1,800