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M/P.15-1938: M/P.15-1938

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 32 (Rothschild)

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

Categories

Description

Gold, enamelled in blue, red, two shades of green, and opaque white, and seven irregularly-shaped pearls, and one irregularly-shaped pendant pearl, and with nine cut rectangular diamonds (?), and seven cut rubies (?). The pendant is in the shape of an openwork crown over an approximately circular openwork rosette in the middle of which is a white eagle grasping a green snake in its talons.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Dating

17th Century, Early#
Circa 1600 CE - 1625 CE

Note

The bird is a replacement, possibly for a figure of the Virgin, which would explain the crown at the top. Accessioned as South German, but probably Spanish

School or Style

Renaissance
Mannerist

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, red, two shades of green, white) pearls
Gemstones

Materials used in production

Gold

Techniques used in production

Enamelling

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M/P.15-1938
Primary reference Number: 119046
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 10 December 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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