Reliquary Pendant
ca. 1350 - 1480 (made)
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Reliquary pendant, of circular form, silver, silver gilt, enamel. The case with a ribbed frame and a corded wire edging, to which is attached two suspension hoops above and one below. The hinged lid attached to the frame at the top.
The medallion on the obverse decorated with translucent blue and green enamel, depicting St John the Baptist, wearing a green tunic, his head, arms and legs reserved in plain silver, who points to a medallion of the Agnus Dei, all within a landscape. The lid is decorated with an embossed relief in silver gilt of St George and the Dragon, the kneeling princess at the right, the dragon below, and above the saint's head a motif of rays issuing from the sun, now interrupted by the hinge.
The medallion on the obverse decorated with translucent blue and green enamel, depicting St John the Baptist, wearing a green tunic, his head, arms and legs reserved in plain silver, who points to a medallion of the Agnus Dei, all within a landscape. The lid is decorated with an embossed relief in silver gilt of St George and the Dragon, the kneeling princess at the right, the dragon below, and above the saint's head a motif of rays issuing from the sun, now interrupted by the hinge.
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Materials and techniques | Silver, silver gilt, enamel |
Brief description | Reliquary pendant, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, depicting St John the Baptist on the obverse, the lid with St George and the Dragon. France, about 1350-1480 |
Physical description | Reliquary pendant, of circular form, silver, silver gilt, enamel. The case with a ribbed frame and a corded wire edging, to which is attached two suspension hoops above and one below. The hinged lid attached to the frame at the top. The medallion on the obverse decorated with translucent blue and green enamel, depicting St John the Baptist, wearing a green tunic, his head, arms and legs reserved in plain silver, who points to a medallion of the Agnus Dei, all within a landscape. The lid is decorated with an embossed relief in silver gilt of St George and the Dragon, the kneeling princess at the right, the dragon below, and above the saint's head a motif of rays issuing from the sun, now interrupted by the hinge. |
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Production | The medallion can be dated to ca. 1350-1360, the lid dated to ca. 1480. |
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Bibliographic reference | Ronald Lightbown, Medieval European Jewellery, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992, cat. 40. p. 504. |
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Accession number | 217-1874 |
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Record created | September 16, 2004 |
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