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Pendant
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Pendant
- Place of origin:
Spain (made)
- Date:
ca. 1740 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Enamelled gold set with rose-cut diamonds and glass
- Museum number:
321-1870
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, room 91, case 13, shelf C, box 11
Physical description
Gold pendant set with rose-cut diamonds with a relief of the Adoration of the Magi in enamelled gold under glass. The reverse engraved with a monogram within a heart
Place of Origin
Spain (made)
Date
ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Enamelled gold set with rose-cut diamonds and glass
Dimensions
Height: 5.3 cm, Width: 3.7 cm, Depth: 0.8 cm
Object history note
Formerly in the Treasury of the Cathedral of the Virgin of the Pillar, Saragossa. One of a group of jewels purchased by the Museum in 1870, when the Cathedral authorities sold off treasures presented to the shrine of the Virgin in order to complete their building programme.
Descriptive line
Gold pendant set with rose-cut diamonds with a relief of the Adoration of the Magi in enamelled gold under glass, made in Spain, about 1740
Materials
Gold; Enamel; Glass; Diamond
Techniques
Engraving; Enamelling
Subjects depicted
Balthazar (King); Caspar (King); Melchior (King)
Categories
Metalwork; Jewellery; Accessories
Collection code
MET
