Maker: Unknown
Enamelled gold pendant with volutes and ivy leaves linked by ribbonwork, with three black pearls hanging from the frame. Set with a sardonyx cameo, amber on creamy white over grey, with 'classical' female head wearing a bandeau and earring, her coiffure covered at the back with a veil tied in a knot at the soulder, facing in profile to the right. The back of the pendant encloses an oval moss agate.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Late
Circa
1580
-
1600
The mount is not original and is probably a little later than the cameo
Cameo
composed of
sardonyx
( amber on creamy white over grey)
Height 2.6 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Setting
composed of
gold
( enamelled)
Back
composed of
agate
( moss)
Accession number: MAR.M.275-1912
Primary reference Number: 119029
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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