Author
Unknown (made)
Publication Date
1850
Publication Place
Cairo (made) -
Subject
Jewellery Africa Metalwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 9.7cm, Length: 25cm
(chain and pendant)
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
945-1884
Record ID
945-1884
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1850
Notes
This pendant was described as a âlocket to hold a stone (missing). Saracenic, from Cairoâ when it was acquired by the Museum in 1884. There is no evidence that it ever opened. The missing stone was probably an amulet of some kind, as pendants worn for purely decorative purposes were never part of traditional jewellery in Egypt.
İlişki
Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver Silver
Fiziksel açıklama
Silver pendant hanging from a figure-of-eight chain. The pendant is a horizontal oval frame, closed on the back, with an open space at the front with a crimped edge which once held a stone, now missing. Along the lower edge are nine loops each of which holds a pendant. Each pendant consists of a plain sheet silver disc with a flat drop hanging below it.
