AN INDIAN JEWELLERY SET WITH AN ENAMELLED GULUBAND NECKLACE AND PAIR OF CRESCENT EARRINGS
Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 19th - early 20th century

Comprising a typical guluband necklace with gold foil and champlevé green and white enamels, set with octagonal-cut pink glass beads backed in foil in the centre of each link, and small table-cut diamonds on the sides, caparisoned with pearls and small drop-shaped pendants with diamonds and emerald beads, the enamelled reverse decorated with large green flower heads, with cotton and metal thread woven fastener at the back, the links 21cm long, 31.5cm long including the fastener; and a matching pair of diamond and ruby-set earrings with crescent moon and leafy floral stem designs, encrusted on either side, the edges heightened with green enamel, the rosette hooks and chainlets later replacements, 9cm x 4.8cm at widest points.