The Wild jewel
Pendant
1590s
1590s
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Pendant jewel in gold and enamel set with diamonds and rubies, enclosing a turquoise cameo of Elizabeth I and hung with pearls.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Wild jewel (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Pendant jewel of gold and enamel set with stones. English, around 1590. |
| Physical description | Pendant jewel in gold and enamel set with diamonds and rubies, enclosing a turquoise cameo of Elizabeth I and hung with pearls. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | This jewel was lent to the Victoria and Albert Museum for the Special Loan Exhibition of 1862 by James.W. Wild. Mr Wild was closely connected to the Museum and was the architect of the Bethnal Green Museum and of the V&A's Architectural Courts. The tradition in the Wild family is that the jewel, along with a lace christening robe, was given by Elizabeth I to a god-daughter, the daughter of a maid of honour. (Information taken from a letter from Elizabeth Henrietta Mary Wild, July 26 1917). |
| Bibliographic reference | Robinson, J.C. (ed.). Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and more recent periods: on loan at the South Kensington Museum, June 1862. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery Office, rev. ed. January 1863.
no. 7335 |
| Other number | LOAN.WILD.1 - Previous loan number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.26-2002 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2003 |
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