FINE & RARE French FIRST EMPIRE (Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor from 1804 to 1815) Muff Chain

FINE & RARE FRENCH 1st EMPIRE (1804–1815) ORIGINAL MUFF CHAIN NECKLACE, multi-color 18K gold, four-color enamels, glittering pressed stars & florals.

Lock : 1-1/2 x 2/3” (35 x 20 mm), yellow & rose gold, in 8 panels enameled in green, 2 shades blue and white florals,
ends banded in raised and textured florals

Links : Each link pressed with 7 point stars on textured ground

Marks : maker mark vertical, in French losenge shape,
“...crossed bats, G”; also an illegible mark & bigorne.

Weight : 1.824 troy ounce, including 2 figured pinchbeck split rings, apparently original
Length : 49”

Provenance : ex col
Mary C. (Kelly) Cifelli (Mrs Albert Salvatore Cifelli)

# 28041 ................................................$ 13,500.