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Details
A late Renaissance gold-mounted garnet cameo pendant
The central oval hessonite garnet cameo carved to depict a putto astride a dolphin, within a gold and polychrome enamel openwork mount with two later cultured pearl drops, suspended from a matching enamelled panel with triple chain connections, circa 1600, possibly Spanish, 9.2cm long, cameo damaged. later fitted case
The central oval hessonite garnet cameo carved to depict a putto astride a dolphin, within a gold and polychrome enamel openwork mount with two later cultured pearl drops, suspended from a matching enamelled panel with triple chain connections, circa 1600, possibly Spanish, 9.2cm long, cameo damaged. later fitted case
Provenance
From a Private Scottish collection acquired prior to 1980
Literature
The theme of Neptune riding a dolphin or sea monster was popular from the Renaissance, cf. Y. Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery, New York, 1979, p. 236-237
Further details
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