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Slide

Slide

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1690 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Enamelled gold with hair and rock crystal

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Miss Jessie Turtle

  • Museum number:

    M.31-1951

  • Gallery location:

    Jewellery, room 91 mezzanine, case 81, shelf D1, box 17

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Cherubs were widely understood as symbols of love in the years around 1700. As decorative elements for jewellery they were stamped out from thin gold sheet and enamelled, then arranged on a background of woven hair and covered with a glittering dome of faceted rock crystal.

The slide was a very popular type of jewel at this date. Fitted with two flat loops at the back, a ribbon of silk or woven hair would be threaded through enabling it to be worn around the neck or wrist.

Physical description

Gold slide, with four enamelled gold cherubs and a cipher on a background of hair, under rock crystal

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

ca. 1690 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Enamelled gold with hair and rock crystal

Dimensions

Height: 2 cm, Width: 2.3 cm, Depth: 1 cm

Descriptive line

Gold slide, with four enamelled gold cherubs and a cipher on a background of hair, under rock crystal, made in England, about 1690

Materials

Gold; Enamel; Hair; Rock crystal

Subjects depicted

Putti; Monograms

Categories

Metalwork; Jewellery; Death; Accessories

Collection code

MET

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