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Clasp

Clasp

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    1780-1800 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Engraved gold with half pearls and painted in enamel with a miniature

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Dame Joan Evans

  • Museum number:

    M.83-1969

  • Gallery location:

    Jewellery, room 91 mezzanine, case 81, shelf D, box 4

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Not all sentimental jewellery is associated with death. Some pieces express love, friendship and devotion for the living or act as a visual keepsake. A portrait minature like this, of a young woman, might be a token of a very personal nature, as in a likeness, or emblematic of a more general sentimental fashion.

Physical description

Engraved gold clasp decorated with half pearls and painted in enamel with a miniature of a woman in a turban

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

1780-1800 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Engraved gold with half pearls and painted in enamel with a miniature

Dimensions

Height: 3 cm, Width: 2.8 cm, Depth: 1.1 cm

Descriptive line

Engraved gold clasp decorated with half pearls and painted enamel with a miniature , England, 1780-1800

Materials

Gold; Enamel; Pearls

Subjects depicted

Women; Miniatures (paintings); Turbans

Categories

Metalwork; Jewellery

Collection code

MET

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