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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Gold, enamelled in blue, green, red, white, and black, set with table cut, clear diamonds, rubies (?), and emeralds, and with a cabochon emerald, and four oval emerald pendants. In the form of an eagle perching on a branch on an openwork pedestal, suspended by two chains attached at the top to a cross-shaped element with a peirced ring at the top through which passes a gold suspension ring.
History note: From the collection of Countess Batowska; Charles J. Wertheimer, his sale, Christie's 8-9 May 1912, Old French Snuff-Boxes, lot 57
L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937
Height: 14.3 cm
Width: 5.0 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
Late 16th or early 17th century
Circa
1590
CE
-
1620
CE
Decoration
composed of
diamonds
emeralds
Gems
Accession number: M/P.17-1938
Primary reference Number: 119047
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Pendant" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119047 Accessed: 2022-12-06 15:20:46
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