Pendant
1780 - 1810 (made)
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Oval pendant with a miniature portrait of a young woman wearing a white dress and blue sash. The frame is of pink gold, engraved with two dotted lines. The reverse has a panel of woven hair beneath glass.
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Brief description | Head of a young woman on ivory by Joseph Saunders in a gold frame with a hair compartment on the reverse. England, late 18th or early 19th century. |
Physical description | Oval pendant with a miniature portrait of a young woman wearing a white dress and blue sash. The frame is of pink gold, engraved with two dotted lines. The reverse has a panel of woven hair beneath glass. |
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Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia V. Goldstein |
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Accession number | M.161-2011 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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