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Pin

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cast and enamelled gold pin, in the form of an Amazon on horseback attacking a panther.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold, cast and enamelled
Brief description
Pin, cast and enamelled gold, depicting an Amazon on horseback attacking a panther, made at the workshop of François-Désiré Froment-Meurice, France (Paris), about 1855
Physical description
Cast and enamelled gold pin, in the form of an Amazon on horseback attacking a panther.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
  • Width: 2.2cm
  • Depth: 0.9cm
Object history
Made in Paris in the workshops of F.D. Froment-Meurice; his signature, largely obliterated, on the stem. Purchased by the Museum form the Paris 1855 exhibition; stolen, and recoved in 1953, with object 2659-1856.

Sterckshof Exhibition RF.2010/400
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2660-1856

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Record createdAugust 25, 2005
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