Rare early c18th rock crystal 'lovers heart' attributable to the designs of Thomas Flach.
High carat gold and rock crystal.Tiny lover's knot of a lock of hair to represent the union of hearts.
Scrolls and shells typical of Rococo gold work of the first half of the c18th.
Original integral bale. 1inch by .75inch.
Thomas Flach was a chief exponent of the Rococo style in jewellery and his engravings 'A Book of Jeweller's Work' 1736 (copies both in V&A and the Met Collections) show his exhuberant use of ribbons,scrolls and foliage.
Crystal Heart
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