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Clasp

Clasp

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    1780-1800 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Enamelled gold, ivory painted in watercolour

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Dame Joan Evans

  • Museum number:

    M.84-1969

  • 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 girl, might be a token of a very personal nature, as in a likeness, or emblematic of a more general sentimental fashion.

Physical description

Gold clasp set with enamel painted in watercolour with a miniature of a young woman

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

1780-1800 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Enamelled gold, ivory painted in watercolour

Dimensions

Height: 3.4 cm, Width: 2.9 cm, Depth: 0.9 cm

Descriptive line

Enamelled gold clasp, ivory painted in watercolour with a miniature, England, 1780-1800

Materials

Watercolour; Gold; Enamel; Ivory

Subjects depicted

Miniatures (paintings)

Categories

Metalwork; Jewellery

Collection code

MET

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