Lot Essay
The design for this pendant is possibly based on the designs of Daniel Mignot, published in Augsburg in 1596. See Anna Somers Cocks and Charles Truman, Renaissance Jewels, Gold Boxes, and Objets de Vertu, 1984, p. 96 and Yvonne Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery, 1979, pp. 178-181.