Pendant
1860-1900 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Jewelled Renaissance Revival pendant with brooch fitting. Enamelled gold set with table-cut rubies and emeralds, and hung with pearls.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gold, enamel, set with rubies, emeralds and pearls |
| Brief description | Enamelled gold pendant set with table-cut rubies and emeralds, and hung with pearls, possibly made by the Castellani Firm, probably in Italy (Rome), about 1865 |
| Physical description | Jewelled Renaissance Revival pendant with brooch fitting. Enamelled gold set with table-cut rubies and emeralds, and hung with pearls. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dame Joan Evans |
| Object history | Compare this with the signed Castellani pendant (M.222-1917). The overall construction of this piece, and most of the detailing, is strikingly similar to that of the signed pendant, the chief difference being that two rubies set proud in individual scalloped frames are substituted for a single sapphire intaglio. There is a growing body of evidence that the Castellani firm supplemented its acknowledged historicist productions with more dubious objects, either old pieces improved by additions or (as in this instance) with works which might be passed off as antique by dealers. Castellani Jewellery Exhibition RF.2003/302 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.64-1975 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2004 |
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