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Pendant
- Place of origin:
Europe (made)
- Date:
ca. 1820-80 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Enamelled gold, set with cabochon emeralds, the chain and loop set with rubies, hung with two pear-shaped pearls
- Credit Line:
Salting Bequest
- Museum number:
M.536-1910
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, room 91, case 7, shelf C, box 8
This pendant illustrates the Renaissance fashion for animals and birds in jewellery. Men or women could have worn it. They would either have suspended it from a chain or attached it directly onto the fabric of their doublet, sleeve or bodice. Both the front and back are decorated with equal care. The sculpted form and rich enamel work are typical of pieces made by Renaissance goldsmiths but it is likely to have been made in the 19th century.
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