Georgian 18ct Gold Enamel Snake Necklace flattering designed to maximise the bright

designed to maximise the bright

and full of intrigue

Stones: old-cut diamonds throughout

Weight: 36

Era: Late Victorian / Early Edwardian

Georgian 18ct Gold Enamel Snake Necklace flattering designed to maximise the brightA superb example of Georgian sentimental jewellery: a flexible, densely linked gold snake chain that coils fluidly around the neck, terminating in a serpent's head finely worked in rich cobalt blue enamel. The head is set with a crest of graduated seed pearls and tiny ruby cabochon eyes, its open mouth holding a small enamelled pendant drop itself bordered in pearls, with a glazed compartment to the reverse for a keepsake or lock of hair, in the