Pendant
1800-1870 (made)
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Three-part pendant of gilded sheet silver set with black pastes. The top is a stylised bow with pierced decoration of flowers and leaves. There is a round facetted black paste set in the centre. From the bow hangs a tiny double heart, below which is a larger pendant pierced in a pattern of flowers and leaves to match the bow at the top. The lower pendant is set with a pear-shaped black paste, with a small beaded rosette in the centre, and there is a small trefoil pendant hanging over the top of the pendant. There are two angled bars on the back of the bow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver-gilt set with facetted black pastes |
| Brief description | Silver-gilt openwork pendant in the form of a bow with heart-shaped pendant set with black pastes, Unterwalden (Switzerland), 1800-1870. |
| Physical description | Three-part pendant of gilded sheet silver set with black pastes. The top is a stylised bow with pierced decoration of flowers and leaves. There is a round facetted black paste set in the centre. From the bow hangs a tiny double heart, below which is a larger pendant pierced in a pattern of flowers and leaves to match the bow at the top. The lower pendant is set with a pear-shaped black paste, with a small beaded rosette in the centre, and there is a small trefoil pendant hanging over the top of the pendant. There are two angled bars on the back of the bow. |
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| Accession number | 203-1870 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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