Silver Flower Basket Necklace

Necklace in vermeil and 800 purity silver composed of two strands of chain joined by a butterfly motif finished with a flower basket set with colored stones

• French creation from the end of the 19th century
• Spring ring clasp
• Hallmark : Crab
• Chain length : 40.5 cm
• Dimensions of the central motif (with the butterfly) 55 x 30 mm
• On the back it has the numbers 1788 and the letters GH
• Gross weight : 6.82 grams
• Two missing stones and traces of welding
• Are you familiar with this style of jewelry? The presence of a very 18th-century motif may seem surprising for the late 19th century. One of the components of the Belle Epoque, the garland style, fits perfectly into this reuse of ornamental vocabulary