An important gold bracelet with carnelian scarabs. Castellani Manufacture.
Diam. Int. 54 x 67 mm; gr. 77,70
The precious bracelet is formed in the upper part by three knurled (godronato) bands, connected to a hinge fixed in the middle zone at the single band of the lower part. The base of the bezels (modern carnelian scarabs of "Etruscan revival") is decorated with small spheres on the sides of the knurled bands (in the style of the ancients). The closure is interlocking with pin safety. Mark: CC (two crossed C). An extremely similar example is in the Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia (Rome), n. inv. 85030 from the collection of Augusto Castellani (donated by Alfredo Castellani in 1919). Excellent state of preservation. Rare. For comparison: I Castellani and the Italian archaeological goldsmithery, sheet n. 127; I. Caruso in Lionnard 1992, n. 598; Gere 1976, p. 147 fig. 5. Other exemplars, more elaborate, are at the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. M.35-2001).
End of the second half of the 19th century.