Locket
ca. 1860 (made)
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Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gold, micromosaic |
| Brief description | Gold and micromosaic locket, Rome, 1860. |
| Physical description | Gold oval pendant with an unpolished micromosaic plaque depicting figure of a woman, seated in an interior with a lamb at her feet; a curved band on each side of the lower half set with micromosaics in shades of green, the upper hal with curved bands of scrolling foliage in micromosaic; the whole surmounted by a loop in the shape of stylised leaves; the back with a raised central oval inscribed "ROMA" and decorated overall with filigree and granulation |
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| Marks and inscriptions | ROMA (back of pendant) |
| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Hancocks & Co., London, 1984 |
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| Summary | Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996. |
| Bibliographic reference | Gabriel, Jeanette Hanisee with contributions by Anna Maria Massinelli and essays by Judy Rudoe and Massimo Alfieri. Micromosaics: The Gilbert Collection. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with The Gilbert Collection, 2000. 310 p., ill. Cat. no. 183, p. 247. ISBN 0856675113. |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.143-2008 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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