Maker: Unknown
Gold, set with a ruby and a pendant turquoise. In the shape of a swallow with outstretched wings attached to a section of trellis, at the bottom of which there is a pendant turquose and higher up, beside the bird's beak, a ruby. At the top there is a suspension loop decorated with a four-pettalled flower.
History note: Wartski, Grafton Street, London W1
Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy
Height: 4.8 cm
Width: 2.8 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: Given (1983) by Hull Grundy, J., Mrs
Late 19th Century
Circa
1850
-
1900
Part composed of turquoise ruby gold
Inscription present: applied oval with '15 CT'
Accession number: M.33-1983
Primary reference Number: 170629
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 (2023) "Pendant" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170629 Accessed: 2023-01-28 20:44:36
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Pendant
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-28 20:44:36|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: ANE.10.1982
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