Slide
ca. 1700 (made)
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Jewels commemorating the dead were widely worn in the decades around 1700. Stark imagery such as skeletons and winged hourglasses were frequently used and were produced as standard components in stamped gold which might also be enamelled.
In this example two angels are holding a skull above the cipher GR worked in gold wire - against a background panel of woven hair.
The slide was a very popular type of jewel at this date. Fitted with two flat loops at the back, a ribbon of silk or woven hair would be threaded through enabling it to be worn around the neck or wrist.
In this example two angels are holding a skull above the cipher GR worked in gold wire - against a background panel of woven hair.
The slide was a very popular type of jewel at this date. Fitted with two flat loops at the back, a ribbon of silk or woven hair would be threaded through enabling it to be worn around the neck or wrist.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Enamelled gold with gold thread and hair, textile and rock crystal |
| Brief description | Gold slide, with two angels holding an enamelled skull, with the cipher GR in gold thread on a background of hair and textile under rock crystal, made in England, about 1700 |
| Physical description | Gold slide, with two angels holding an enamelled skull, with the cipher GR in gold thread on a background of hair and textile, under rock crystal |
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| Marks and inscriptions | cipher GR |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank Ward |
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| Summary | Jewels commemorating the dead were widely worn in the decades around 1700. Stark imagery such as skeletons and winged hourglasses were frequently used and were produced as standard components in stamped gold which might also be enamelled. In this example two angels are holding a skull above the cipher GR worked in gold wire - against a background panel of woven hair. The slide was a very popular type of jewel at this date. Fitted with two flat loops at the back, a ribbon of silk or woven hair would be threaded through enabling it to be worn around the neck or wrist. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.15-1960 |
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| Record created | July 18, 2006 |
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