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Slide
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Slide
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
ca. 1700-1725 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Enamelled gold, with silver, set with pearls and with hair under glass
- Credit Line:
Given by Miss Anna Newton
- Museum number:
1634-1903
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, room 91 mezzanine, case 81, shelf D1, box 4
The symbolic representations of love used in this jewel - clasped hands and a heart aflame - were widely used and understood in the 17th century. Such elements were produced as standard components for jewellery - stamped out and then often enamelled.
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.
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