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cameo
;
pendant
Object Type
cameo
pendant
Museum number
1902,0527.26
Description
Cameo; shell; opaque white throughout; Agnus Dei surrounded by inscription; in copper-gilt pendant mount with loop, at back of which is silver plate nielloed in Italian style.
Production date
15thC
Production place
Made in:
Italy
(?)
Materials
shell
copper
gold
niello
silver
Technique
engraved
gilded
nielloed
Dimensions
Length:
0.64 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Text from Dalton 1915, Catalogue of Engraved Gems: In a gilt copper mount with loop, at the back of which is a silver plate nielloed in the Italian style. Musacchio 2005 for comments on this piece. Madonnas and Miracles, ex.cat. Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge 2017, plate 122 for this piece and discussion.
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1915 / Catalogue of the Engraved Gems of the Post-Classical Periods in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography in the British Museum.
(15)
Musacchio 2005 / Lambs, Coral, Teeth and the instersection of religion and magic in Renaissance Tuscany
(p.147 fig.3)
(discussed and illustrated with archival references to similar pieces in inventories etc)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2017 7 Mar - 4 June, Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam, Madonnas and Miracles.
Condition
Cameo cracked in three places.
Subjects
agnus dei
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Dr Robert Forrer
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1902,0527.26
Conservation
Treatment
: 06 Jun 2016