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Girdle
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Girdle
- Place of origin:
Europe (Central, made)
- Date:
1800-70 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
<i>Émail en résille</i> on glass, with silver-gilt and enamel
- Museum number:
484&A-1873
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, room 91, case 7, shelf C, box 12
Physical description
Girdle of plaques of émail en résille on alternately transparent and bright blue glass, with silver-gilt links and an enamel clasp
Place of Origin
Europe (Central, made)
Date
1800-70 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Émail en résille on glass, with silver-gilt and enamel
Dimensions
[girdle (belt)] Width: 1.2 cm, Depth: 0.5 cm
Object history note
ex Webb Collection. The plaques may have been made separately and later made into a belt, though there is another girdle with similar plaques in the Wallace Collection, London
Descriptive line
Girdle of plaques of émail en résille on alternately transparent and bright blue glass, with silver-gilt links and an enamel clasp, Western Europe, 1620–30 or 1800–70.
Materials
Enamel; Glass; Silver-gilt
Categories
Metalwork; Jewellery
Collection code
MET
