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Pendant

1800-1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This was bought for 17 shillings and nine pence at the International Exhibition, London, 1872.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver set with red, blue, green and colourless pastes
Brief description
Silver lozenge-shaped pendant set with coloured pastes, Germany, 1800-1870.
Physical description
Lozenge-shaped pendant of openwork silver set with coloured pastes: a large blue rectangular paste is surrounded by four octagonal red, six smaller square green, and four round white pastes. Three pear-shaped white paste drops hang from the lower edges.
Dimensions
  • Length: 7.0cm
  • Width: 4.5cm
  • Depth: 0.6cm
Summary
This was bought for 17 shillings and nine pence at the International Exhibition, London, 1872.
Collection
Accession number
921-1872

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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