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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker;
Production Place: England; Date(s): circa 1860 - 1880; Classification(s): jewellery, pendant; Acquisition: given by Hull Grundy, J. Mrs, 1984, Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy [M.36-1984]
Description: Gold, enamelled and set with pink and blue cabochon gemstones and pearls; glass and ribbon. The cross is edged by twisted wire forming crockets and has a ring loop and ring for suspension at the top. The upper side of the arms is engraved and set with cabochon gemstones: a pink and a blue on three arms and two blue flanking a pink on the stem. In the middle there is a circular glass-covered compartment lined with crimson ribbon, from which radiate four gold cups, each containing a pearl. The back is decorated with sprays of Gothic foliage reserved in a green panel and a triangle of terracotta enamel at the end of each arm. In the middle there is a gold cross within a quatrefoil outline reserved in a terracotta enamel ground. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | jewellery pendant Unknown | Temporal: | name=Victoria I; start=1860; end=1880 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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