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Pendant
- Place of origin:
Germany (south, made)
- Date:
ca. 1600 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Enamelled gold set with table-cut diamonds and rubies and hung with pearls
- Museum number:
4212-1855
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, Rooms 91 to 93, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery, case 7, shelf D, box 9
Physical description
Enamelled gold pendant, set with table-cut diamonds and rubies and hung with pearls, depicting the pelican in its piety, mounted over a scrolling openwork plate.
Place of Origin
Germany (south, made)
Date
ca. 1600 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Enamelled gold set with table-cut diamonds and rubies and hung with pearls
Dimensions
Height: 8.1 cm, Width: 5.9 cm, Depth: 1.6 cm
Descriptive line
Enamelled gold pendant, set with table-cut diamonds and rubies and hung with pearls, depicting the pelican in her piety, mounted over a scrolling openwork plate, South Germany, about 1600.
Materials
Gold; Diamond; Ruby; Pearl
Techniques
Lapidary; Enamelling
Subjects depicted
Pelican; Scrolls (motifs)
Categories
Jewellery; Metalwork; Europeana Fashion Project
Collection
Metalwork Collection