Amulet
Amulet
1850-1884 (made)
1850-1884 (made)
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Flat gold drop-shaped pendant with a border of pearls. The pendant is made from sheet gold stamped on each side with a six-sided star formed from two superimposed triangles, with Arabic inscriptions in the space between the points. A row of rings of twisted wire is attached to the rim, each of which has a seed pearl threaded on wire inside it, and a triangle of granules on its outermost point.
Object details
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| Title | Amulet (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Stamped gold with gold filigree rim and seed pearls |
| Brief description | Tear-drop shaped sheet gold amulet with stamped decoration and Islamic inscription, with seed pearls, Egypt, 1850-1884. |
| Physical description | Flat gold drop-shaped pendant with a border of pearls. The pendant is made from sheet gold stamped on each side with a six-sided star formed from two superimposed triangles, with Arabic inscriptions in the space between the points. A row of rings of twisted wire is attached to the rim, each of which has a seed pearl threaded on wire inside it, and a triangle of granules on its outermost point. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscription; decoration; Centre of the amulet) |
| Object history | Bought from the collection of Gaston de Saint-Maurice (1831-1905) in 1884. Saint-Maurice displayed his extensive art collection at the 1878 Paris exhibition, in a gallery entitled L'Egypte des Khalifes. This was part of an official sequence of displays celebrating the history of Egypt, presented by the Egyptian state at this international event. Saint-Maurice held a position at the Khedival court, and had lived in Cairo in 1868-1878. Following the exhibition, Saint-Maurice offered his collection for sale to the South Kensington Museum (today the V&A). |
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| Accession number | 942-1884 |
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| Record created | April 10, 2003 |
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