Girdle
1800-70 (made)
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Girdle of plaques of émail en résille on alternately transparent and bright blue glass, with silver-gilt links and an enamel clasp
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | <i>Émail en résille</i> on glass, with silver-gilt and enamel |
Brief description | Girdle of plaques of émail en résille on alternately transparent and bright blue glass, with silver-gilt links and an enamel clasp, Western Europe, 1620–30 or 1800–70. |
Physical description | Girdle of plaques of émail en résille on alternately transparent and bright blue glass, with silver-gilt links and an enamel clasp |
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Object history | ex Webb Collection. The plaques may have been made separately and later made into a belt, though there is another girdle with similar plaques in the Wallace Collection, London |
Bibliographic reference | Somers-Cock, Anna, Princely Magnificence: court jewels of the Renaissance, 1500-1630, V&A, 1980, p.79, cat. 93
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Accession number | 484&A-1873 |
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Record created | August 10, 2005 |
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