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Belt

Belt

  • Place of origin:

    Spain (made)
    South America (Hispanic, made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1650 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Engraved gold

  • Museum number:

    M.152 to C-1984

  • Gallery location:

    Jewellery, room 91, case 9, shelf C, box 7

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Physical description

Fragments of a belt made from gold openwork links.

Place of Origin

Spain; South America

Date

ca. 1650 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Engraved gold

Dimensions

Height: 5.7 cm [chain fragment]
Width: 31.5 cm [chain fragment]
Depth: 0.7 cm [chain fragment]
Height: 5.7 cm [chain fragment]
Width: 24 cm [chain fragment]
Depth: 0.7 cm [chain fragment]
Height: 5.7 cm [chain fragment]
Width: 8.2 cm [chain fragment]
Depth: 0.7 cm [chain fragment]
Height: 5.7 cm [chain fragment]
Width: 7.9 cm [chain fragment]
Depth: 0.7 cm [chain fragment]

Object history note

Recovered from the wreck of The Nuestra Señora de Esperanza, which sank in 1658 off the coast of Cuba.

Descriptive line

Part of a gold belt, recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Esperanza, made in Spain or Hispanic America, about 1650

Materials

Gold

Subjects depicted

Floral patterns; Leaves (plant materials)

Categories

Accessories; Jewellery; Metalwork

Collection code

MET

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