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Pegasus Drinking from the Fountain, by Charles de Sousy Ricketts

Image attached to M/P.3 & A-1914

An image of Pendant: Pegasus Drinking from the Fountain of Hippocrene. Carlo & Arthur Giuliano & Ricketts, Charles de Sousy (British, 1866-1931). Pendant of gold and enamel set with pearls, decorated on the front with Pegasus drinking from the Fountain of Hippocrene, and enclosing a miniature of Miss Edith Emma Cooper (1862-1913) in profile to right against a blue ground. Gold, enamelled in royal blue, green, red, and white, and set with four cut garnets, a cabochon garnet, two large pearls, one small pearl, and a baroque pearl. (A). Height (whole) 10.1 cm, width (whole) 5.1 cm, diameter 34 mm, 1901.

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Pendant: Pegasus Drinking from the Fountain of Hippocrene. Carlo & Arthur Giuliano & Ricketts, Charles de Sousy (British, 1866-1931). Pendant of gold and enamel set with pearls, decorated on the front with Pegasus drinking from the Fountain of Hippocrene, and enclosing a miniature of Miss Edith Emma Cooper (1862-1913) in profile to right against a blue ground. Gold, enamelled in royal blue, green, red, and white, and set with four cut garnets, a cabochon garnet, two large pearls, one small pearl, and a baroque pearl. (A). Height (whole) 10.1 cm, width (whole) 5.1 cm, diameter 34 mm, 1901.

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  • Accession Number: M/P.3 & A-1914
  • 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: 663 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 396.26kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1

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20th Century animals Art Nouveau British cabochon Carlo & Arthur Giuliano Charles de Sousy Ricketts drinking Edwardian enamel enamelled English Fitz_AA fountains garnet gemstones Giuliano gold horses jewellery jewelry locket mythological mythology pearl pearls pegasos pegasus pendant precious stones Ricketts Silenus winged wings

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