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Details
THE FLORENCE GOULD BELLE EPOQUE PEARL, SEED PEARL AND DIAMOND EVENING BAG
Designed as a seed pearl and white leather pouch, trimmed by seed pearl triangular overlay, suspending pearl drops with old European-cut diamond caps and ribbon detail, to the twin-rope cinch cord, gathered by rose-cut diamond rondelles, mounted in platinum, circa 1900, 8½ x 4 ins.
Designed as a seed pearl and white leather pouch, trimmed by seed pearl triangular overlay, suspending pearl drops with old European-cut diamond caps and ribbon detail, to the twin-rope cinch cord, gathered by rose-cut diamond rondelles, mounted in platinum, circa 1900, 8½ x 4 ins.
Provenance
This handbag was owned by Florence Gould, a celebrated patron of the arts and founder of a number of literary and artistic prizes, including the Critics Prize, the Max Jacob Poetry Prize, the Roger Nimier Prize for literature, the Engraving Prize, and the Musical Composition Prize.
Further Details
For a similar seed pearl evening bag from the Collection of Majorie Merriweather Post see Paul Desautels', Majestic Jewels Find a New Setting at the Smithsonian, June 1974, page 41