Necklace
19th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This Indian necklace is made of a double string of pearls and emeralds supporting a circular pendant. The pendant is of gold and silver set with rubies, emeralds, natural white sapphires and rock crystal, and is enamelled on the back. The ties are silk covered with gilt silver metal, partly bound with strings of silk threaded with seed pearls.
Necklaces like this could have been made at almost any time in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th and 19th century.
Necklaces like this could have been made at almost any time in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th and 19th century.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | String of pearls, emeralds and a pendant of gold set with pearls, silk threads covered with gilt thread and seed pearls |
| Brief description | Necklace of pearls and emeralds with gold and pearl pendant; North India, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Necklace of pearls and emeralds; with a pendant of gold set with rubies, emeralds, natural white sapphires and rock crystal. |
| Credit line | Given by Maj. N. G. Davies |
| Summary | This Indian necklace is made of a double string of pearls and emeralds supporting a circular pendant. The pendant is of gold and silver set with rubies, emeralds, natural white sapphires and rock crystal, and is enamelled on the back. The ties are silk covered with gilt silver metal, partly bound with strings of silk threaded with seed pearls. Necklaces like this could have been made at almost any time in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th and 19th century. |
| Bibliographic reference | Susan Stronge, Nima Smith, and J.C. Harle. A Golden Treasury : Jewellery from the Indian Subcontinent London : Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 1988. ISBN: 0944142168
pp 70-71 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 41-1873 |
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| Record created | November 14, 2002 |
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