Pendant with the Descent of Psyche, by Charles de Sousy Ricketts

An image of Jewellery. Pendant. The Descent of Psyche into Hell. Ricketts, Charles de Sousy (British, 1866-1931), Carlo & Arthur Giuliano, Wartski. Gold, enamelled in opaque turquoise-blue, translucent green and red, and opaque white, set with sapphires, emeralds, chrysolites, a pink topaz, a clear gemstone, and a garnet, with a pearl and an uncut ? emerald drop. Height (whole) 12.8 cm, width (whole): 5.9 cm cm, length (case) 17 cm, width (case) 10 cm, 1904. English.

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Jewellery. Pendant. The Descent of Psyche into Hell. Ricketts, Charles de Sousy (British, 1866-1931), Carlo & Arthur Giuliano, Wartski. Gold, enamelled in opaque turquoise-blue, translucent green and red, and opaque white, set with sapphires, emeralds, chrysolites, a pink topaz, a clear gemstone, and a garnet, with a pearl and an uncut ? emerald drop. Height (whole) 12.8 cm, width (whole): 5.9 cm cm, length (case) 17 cm, width (case) 10 cm, 1904. English.

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Accession Number: M.4 & A-1972
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 550 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 338.92kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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20th Century Art Nouveau blue British Carlo & Arthur Giuliano Charles de Sousy Ricketts chrysolite Descent into Hell dragons Edwardian emerald enamel English female Fitz_AA garnet gem gemstones Giuliano gold hell jewellery jewelry mythological mythology pearl Perseus precious stones Psyche Renaissance Revival Ricketts sapphire topaz Wartski woman

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