Necklace
1800-1867 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The production of coral jewellery was a major industry in the south of Italy from prehistoric times. Tourists loved to buy coral jewellery in fashionable shapes, but it was also very popular with Italian women, who valued it for its colour and amuletic qualities.
This necklace has a rectangular snap clasp, decorated with an enamelled flower, probably a pansy. Clasps like this are very common on French traditional jewellery, and this one may have come from France. The pansy is a popular motif in French jewellery, where it represents remembrance.
This necklace was bought as part of the Castellani collection of Italian Peasant Jewellery at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1867.
This necklace has a rectangular snap clasp, decorated with an enamelled flower, probably a pansy. Clasps like this are very common on French traditional jewellery, and this one may have come from France. The pansy is a popular motif in French jewellery, where it represents remembrance.
This necklace was bought as part of the Castellani collection of Italian Peasant Jewellery at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1867.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Coral beads with enamelled gilt metal clasp |
| Brief description | Coral necklace with enamelled gilt clasp, made in France or Italy, 1800-1867. |
| Physical description | Necklace of 196 barrel-shaped coral beads, with rectangular gilt snap clasp with stamped floral pattern on both sides, and an enamelled flower in dark blue, white and green enamel on the front. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Illegible mark in rectangular frame (On loop of clasp.) |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | The production of coral jewellery was a major industry in the south of Italy from prehistoric times. Tourists loved to buy coral jewellery in fashionable shapes, but it was also very popular with Italian women, who valued it for its colour and amuletic qualities. This necklace has a rectangular snap clasp, decorated with an enamelled flower, probably a pansy. Clasps like this are very common on French traditional jewellery, and this one may have come from France. The pansy is a popular motif in French jewellery, where it represents remembrance. This necklace was bought as part of the Castellani collection of Italian Peasant Jewellery at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1867. |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Italian Jewellery as worn by the Peasants of Italy', Arundel Society, London, 1868, Plate 9 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 184-1868 |
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| Record created | October 17, 2008 |
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