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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Pendant

1600-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pendant layered agate cameo of a Roman head crowned with a laurel wreath in an enamelled gold mount, set with rock crystals and garnets.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Layered agate cameo in an enamelled gold mount, set with rock crystals and garnets
Brief description
Pendant with a layered agate cameo of a Roman head crowned with a laurel wreath in an enamelled gold mount, set with rock crystals and garnets, made in Hungary, 1600-1700
Physical description
Pendant layered agate cameo of a Roman head crowned with a laurel wreath in an enamelled gold mount, set with rock crystals and garnets.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.2cm
  • Width: 3.5cm
  • Depth: 0.8cm
Credit line
Given by Dame Joan Evans
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
M.85-1975

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Record createdAugust 3, 2005
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