Georgian Hand & Snake Chain Necklace aventurine with millegrain settings and silver

with millegrain settings and silver italicized serif lettering

It features openworked fleur-de-lis motifs to the shoudlers

The mount features Etruscan-style embellishment

It's crafted in 22 karat gold and has survived in particularly good condition

It's crafted in 9 karat gold and dates from the early 19th Century

Georgian Hand & Snake Chain Necklace aventurine with millegrain settings and silverDATE: Georgian, c. 1810 A striking Georgian necklace comprising a snake link chain and superb hand clasp. The clasp is modelled as a hand clutching a knotted serpent and wearing a ruby ring on one finger, at the cuff is an applied turquoise set crescent and foliate motif; the whole clasp, hand and snake, are wonderfully textured. Modelled in 15 karat gold throughout, the piece dates from the early 19th century circa 1810 and the chain gets gradually