Brooch
ca. 1575-1600 (made)
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Enamelled gold dress ornament with a central openwork heart with a skull and cross-bones, two arrows and other devices, set with rubies and emeralds, a table-cut diamond and a ruby, also set and hung with pearls.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Enamelled gold set with rubies, emeralds, table-cut diamonds and pearls |
| Brief description | Enamelled gold dress ornament with a central openwork heart with a skull and cross-bones, two arrows and other devices, with rubies, emeralds, a table-cut diamond and hung with pearls, probably Germany, about 1575-1600. |
| Physical description | Enamelled gold dress ornament with a central openwork heart with a skull and cross-bones, two arrows and other devices, set with rubies and emeralds, a table-cut diamond and a ruby, also set and hung with pearls. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dame Joan Evans |
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| Bibliographic reference | Perkinson, Stephen (ed.) The Ivory Mirror: The art of mortality in Renaissance Europe, Yale University Press, 2017, pl. 41 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.66-1975 |
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| Record created | August 3, 2005 |
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