Pendant
1800-1867 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This small silver pendant, which comes from the Abruzzi, was bought as part of the Castellani collection of Italian Peasant Jewellery at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1867.
The Abruzzi is a remote and mountainous area of central Italy, and traditional jewellery survived there longer than in many other parts of the country. It was formerly part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and the jewellery often has more in common with the south than with the rest of central and northern Italy. The details of this pendant are typical of work from that area, but there is nothing distinctive about the design.
The Abruzzi is a remote and mountainous area of central Italy, and traditional jewellery survived there longer than in many other parts of the country. It was formerly part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and the jewellery often has more in common with the south than with the rest of central and northern Italy. The details of this pendant are typical of work from that area, but there is nothing distinctive about the design.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver set with red and white stones |
| Brief description | Silver pendant set with red and white stones, Abruzzi (Italy), 1800-1867. |
| Physical description | Silver pendant, gilded on the back, set with a large pale yellow faceted stone in a scrolled frame set with red and white stones. It is suspended from a small hook, shaped like a horse-shoe, covered with small faceted white stones. It originally hung from a lozenge-shaped plaque which is now missing. |
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| Summary | This small silver pendant, which comes from the Abruzzi, was bought as part of the Castellani collection of Italian Peasant Jewellery at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1867. The Abruzzi is a remote and mountainous area of central Italy, and traditional jewellery survived there longer than in many other parts of the country. It was formerly part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and the jewellery often has more in common with the south than with the rest of central and northern Italy. The details of this pendant are typical of work from that area, but there is nothing distinctive about the design. |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Italian Jewellery as worn by the Peasants of Italy', Arundel Society, London, 1868, Plate 9 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 221-1868 |
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| Record created | October 24, 2008 |
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