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Camel Pendant
Maker: Unknown
Gold, enamelled, and set with table-cut diamonds and emeralds. The camel is enamelled white, and has a putto or Cupid on its back, and four pendent pearls. Jewelled chain attached to it.
History note: Unknown before testator
L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 5.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
16th Century, second half#
Circa
1550
-
1600
The putto may by a 19th century addition or replacement
Camel
composed of
enamel
( white)
Decoration
composed of
diamonds
emeralds
Accession number: M/P.18-1938
Primary reference Number: 139857
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 (2024) "Camel Pendant" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/139857 Accessed: 2024-12-31 04:33:00
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