Provenance:
Sale: Sotheby’s London, 21 November 2002, lot 122
A gold-mounted crystal parasol handle naturalistically carved in the form of an eagle’s head, the eyes set with red gemstones, the gold mount decorated with translucent red enamel over a guilloché ground and bands of gold laurel leaves set with rose-cut diamonds; contained in the original fitted papiermache case.
