拍品 28
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A SPANISH GOLD AND ENAMEL PENDANT of lobed and rayed openwork form, the red, white and blue centre with the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception in pierced inscription with applied triangular coral collets, the reverse with further symbols including an S and a nail enamelled en suite, with suspension loop, 17th Century

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A SPANISH GOLD AND ENAMEL PENDANT of lobed and rayed openwork form, the red, white and blue centre with the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception in pierced inscription with applied triangular coral collets, the reverse with further symbols including an S and a nail enamelled en suite, with suspension loop, 17th Century
6.7cm. overall height

拍品專文

INDENTThe letter S and nail on the reverse stands for 'esclavo' or slave (clavo being the Spanish word for nail) and indicates that the wearer of the pendant was a member of one of the many religious bodies in Spain during the 17th Century
For a similar pendant with the same inscription cf. Christie's Geneva 15 November, 1988, lot 109