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Pendant

Pendant

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    1791 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Engraved gold with a ceramic cameo on blue enamel ground

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Dame Joan Evans

  • Museum number:

    M.126-1962

  • Gallery location:

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

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This pendant brooch records the death of John Wesley ( 1703-1791 ) who founded the Methodist movement in the 1730s. As in many other nonconformist churches, preaching the word of God took precedence over formal worship and the spiritual leadership was centred on charismatic preachers like Wesley.

Physical description

Engraved gold frame enclosing a ceramic cameo on blue enamel ground of John Wesley (1703-1791) with the inscription He Rests From His Labours and Revd John Wesley A.M. ob 2 March, 1791 Aet 88..

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

1791 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Engraved gold with a ceramic cameo on blue enamel ground

Marks and inscriptions

'He Rests From His Labours'
'Revd John Wesley A.M. ob 2 March, 1791 Aet 88.'

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 cm, Width: 2.2 cm, Depth: 0.9 cm

Descriptive line

Engraved gold frame enclosing a ceramic cameo on blue enamel of the Reverend John Wesley (1703-1791), England, dated 1791

Production Note

Dated 1791.

Materials

Gold; Enamel; Ceramic

Techniques

Engraving

Subjects depicted

Mourning; Cameos; Wesley, John (Reverend)

Categories

Metalwork; Religion; Christianity; Jewellery; Death; Methodist

Collection code

MET

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