Cameo
ca. 1540 (made)
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Layered agate cameo of a jester loosely set in an enamelled gold frame with rubies and a rose-cut imitation diamond.
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Materials and techniques | Enamelled gold frame with layered agate cameo, rubies and imitation diamond |
Brief description | Layered agate cameo of Henry VIII’s jester, in enamelled gold and silver mount with rubies and diamond simulant. Probably England, cameo about 1540, in a later mount. |
Physical description | Layered agate cameo of a jester loosely set in an enamelled gold frame with rubies and a rose-cut imitation diamond. |
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Credit line | Lent anonymously |
Object history | 'It has been suggested that the cameo represents Henry VIII's jester, a rare example of a non-royal, if courtly, portrait.' Philippa Glanville, entry for loan of this cameo to an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich: Henry VIII, A European Court in England, ed. David Starkey. London (Collins and Brown), 1991, p. 115. |
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Accession number | LOAN:MET ANON.1-1980 |
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Record created | September 29, 2004 |
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