Skip to main content

Pendant: M.2-1970

An image of Pendant

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Jeweller: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Gold, set with emeralds and two diamonds and a carved mother-of-pearl figure of Christ on a background of gold, engraved and enamelled in translucent green (basse-taille enamelling). The back enamelled in opaque white, pink and black and set with an enamelled plaque in blue pink and grey-black of the virgin and child. Circular with a bow at the top.

Notes

History note: Given by Gertrude Stein to the donor, Mrs Louise Haydon Taylor

Legal notes

Given by Mrs Louise Haydon Taylor

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.8 cm
Width: 5.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1970-12-13) by Taylor, Louise Haydon, Mrs

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of emeralds
Carving composed of mother-of-pearl
Gemstones
Mother-of-pearl

Materials used in production

green, white, pink, balck, blue Enamel
Gold

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.2-1970
Primary reference Number: 119049
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Pendant" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/119049 Accessed: 2024-12-23 00:56:28

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/119049 |title=Pendant |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 00:56:28|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-119049

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/M_2_1970_2_201407_jas244_mas.jpg"
        alt="Pendant"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Pendant</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...