18K Gold French Byzantine Revival Cross Necklace & Earrings
| Lot #: 120 18K Gold French Byzantine Revival Cross Necklace & Earrings |
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Hippolyte Martel, 4 Place de L'Opera, Paris. French assay marks to clasps. With associated 18K gold filigree earrings. Total weight: 60 grams. Purchase Note: New customers purchasing silver, gold, or jewelry are required to make payment by wire or check unless previously discussed with Cottone's. |
| L. 16 in. Pendant: 3 1/2 in. |
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Provenance Estate of Adele E. Shepard (1939-2025), Rochester, New York. |
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Condition Some wear. |
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Auction Date Mar 19, 2026 |
| Estimate: $2,000-$4,000 |
Details:
Provenance Note: The Estate of Adele E. Shepard represents the accumulated holdings of two of America's most historically distinguished families, reflecting over two centuries of New England and New York intellectual, civic, and political life.
On her maternal side, Adele was a direct descendant of the Dwight family of Connecticut. Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817) served as eighth President of Yale College, and his brother Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) was a prominent Federalist statesman and journalist - both contemporaries of President George Washington. Adele's Dwight lineage is formally substantiated by The Adele E. Shepard Collection, donated by her during her lifetime to Yale Divinity School.
On her paternal side, Adele descended from the Shepard family of Dansville, NY - whose ancestral Greek Revival home (c. 1823) is now the Shepard Memorial Library, listed on the National Register of Historic Places - and from Colonel Nathaniel Rochester (1752-1831), founder of the City of Rochester, NY. Her father, Charles Shepard II (1900-1989), was a distinguished Rochester patent attorney and dedicated genealogist who preserved family materials spanning multiple generations.
On her maternal side, Adele was a direct descendant of the Dwight family of Connecticut. Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817) served as eighth President of Yale College, and his brother Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) was a prominent Federalist statesman and journalist - both contemporaries of President George Washington. Adele's Dwight lineage is formally substantiated by The Adele E. Shepard Collection, donated by her during her lifetime to Yale Divinity School.
On her paternal side, Adele descended from the Shepard family of Dansville, NY - whose ancestral Greek Revival home (c. 1823) is now the Shepard Memorial Library, listed on the National Register of Historic Places - and from Colonel Nathaniel Rochester (1752-1831), founder of the City of Rochester, NY. Her father, Charles Shepard II (1900-1989), was a distinguished Rochester patent attorney and dedicated genealogist who preserved family materials spanning multiple generations.
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