Not currently on display at the V&A

Necklace

ca. 1866 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
India (made)

Tiger's claw necklace with heart pendant, tiger's head depicted on heart. Paris U'l Exhibition 1867


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
Necklace
Materials and techniques
Gold, chased and set with two tiger claws
Brief description
Necklace, gold with two tiger claws, ca.1866, India.
Physical description
Tiger's claw necklace with heart pendant, tiger's head depicted on heart. Paris U'l Exhibition 1867
Dimensions
  • Pendant only length: 39cm
  • Height: 3.8cm
  • Width: 3.1cm
Object history
Purchased from the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867
Bibliographic reference
Barnard, Nick, Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 Number: ISBN 9781851774838 p. 83, pl. 3.45
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
592-1868

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Record createdDecember 8, 2005
Record URL
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