Pendant
1580-1600 (made)
Enamelled gold pendant in the form of a hound on a cornucopia, set with rubies, table-cut diamonds and an emerald and hung with pearls
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Enamelled gold set with rubies, table-cut diamonds and an emerald and hung with pearls |
| Brief description | Enamelled gold pendant in the form of a hound on a cornucopia, set with rubies, table-cut diamonds and an emerald and hung with pearls, Spain 1580-1600 |
| Physical description | Enamelled gold pendant in the form of a hound on a cornucopia, set with rubies, table-cut diamonds and an emerald and hung with pearls |
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| Object history | From the treasury of the Cathedral of the Virgin of the Pillar, Zaragoza. One of a group of jewels purchased by the Museum in 1870, when the Cathedral authorities sold off treasures presented to the shrine of the Virgin in order to complete their building programme. The dating of this jewel and of the similar jewel, 334-1870, is discussed in an article of the first importance by Dr Carolina Naya Franco (see references). She identifies this jewel, 336-1870, in inventories of 1742 and of 1816-21, thus establishing that it is not a nineteenth-century neo-Renaissance jewel. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Carolina Naya Franco, 'Reinhold Vasters? Tres pinjantes de perillo procedentes de la subasta de la Virgen del Pilar (1870)', BSAA arte, 86 (2020), pp. 141-164 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 336-1870 |
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| Record created | July 20, 2006 |
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