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Briar Rose Arts & Crafts Pendant

Briar Rose Arts & Crafts Pendant by OMAR RAMSDEN & ALWYN CARR, LONDON , from Tadema Gallery

OMAR RAMSDEN & ALWYN CARR, LONDON (worked 1898-1918)
Briar Rose Arts & Crafts Pendant
Silver Enamel Garnet

H 6.10 cm (2.40 in) | W 3.90 cm (1.54 in) | L 44.00 cm (17.32 in)

Origin British, c. 1910
Case Fitted Case
Condition Very good
Weight 25.90 Grams
Beautiful Briar Rose pendant in silver, enamel & garnet. The three drops are also set with Victorian cut garnets

Literature:
cf. Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition, Elyse Zorn Karlin, 1993, page 85
Silver Jewelry Designs, Nancy N. Schiffer, 1996, p. 89

Briar Rose Arts & Crafts Pendant (shown in fitted case)

Briar Rose Arts & Crafts Pendant (front, showing garnet insets on drops)

Briar Rose Arts & Crafts Pendant (front)

Briar Rose Arts & Crafts Pendant (detail of front enamel)

Briar Rose Arts & Crafts Pendant (back)

Source: Tadema Gallery

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Pendants Tagged With: enamel, garnet, silver

Decorative gold disc adorned with filigree and granulation

Decorative gold disc adorned with filigree and granulation

Decorative gold disc adorned with filigree and granulation

From Lunnern (ZH). Mid-3rd century AD. © Swiss National Museums

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Filed Under: Ancient, Pendants, Sculptures & Objects

Cypriot Gold Pendant

Gold pendant with granulated ornament

Gold pendant with granulated ornament

Period: Late Bronze Age
Date: ca. 1400–1050 B.C.
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: L. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Provenance: From Cyprus

Source link, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Filed Under: Ancient, Pendants Tagged With: Cypriot, gold, granulation

Greco-Persian Amethyst Pendant

Greco-Persian Amethyst Lion

A GRECO-PERSIAN AMETHYST LION
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Depicted reclining on an integral rectangular plinth, his head turned to his left, the mane cross hatched, with small rounded ears and a carefully-detailed face, perforated through the shoulders for suspension
13/16 in. (2 cm.) long

Provenance
Antiquities, Christie’s, New York, 18 December 1998, lot 258.

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Filed Under: Ancient, Pendants Tagged With: amethyst, Greek, Persian

Bloodstone Carved Pendant

Bloodstone Carved Strawberry Leaf Pendant
Image copyright Museum of London.

A bloodstone pendant in the form of a strawberry leaf. Part of the Cheapside Hoard. On display at the Museum of London.

Production Date:
late 16th-early 17th century

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Filed Under: Baroque, Pendants, Tudor Tagged With: bloodstone

Egyptian Revival Brooch/Pendant

An archaeological revival gold and enamel brooch/pendant, by Robert Phillips, circa 1865

An archaeological revival gold and enamel brooch/pendant, by Robert Phillips, circa 1865
Set to the centre with a raised scarab rendered in scarlet guilloché enamel with black enamel spot and stripe detail, between a pair of finely modelled rearing gold cobras with black enamel decoration, suspended from a detachable gold and black enamel coiled cobra suspensory loop, terminating with a later burnt sienna guilloché enamel amphora drop, glazed compartment to reverse, detachable brooch fitting, unsigned, some minor enamel losses, pendant length 6.4cm, width 3.4cm, fitted case by Phillips, 23 Cockspur St, London

Footnotes
In mid 19th century Britain, interest in Egyptian artefacts was considerable. The Thebes Jewels, discovered in 1859 by Auguste Mariette, were exhibited in London in 1863 and contemporary accounts in The Times describe the extraordinary array of jewels and record the public amazement at the spectacle. The exhibition coincided with a trip made by the Prince of Wales to Egypt which culminated in a tour up the Nile to Thebes. Upon his return to London the Prince commissioned a suite of jewellery from Robert Phillips replicating the scarab jewels he had seen at Thebes. The parure was a gift for his bride, Princess Alexandra of Denmark and on the marble bust sculpted by Mary Thornycroft to celebrate the marriage, she wears one of the brooches. The marble was much copied and became widely known. In response to this public awareness Robert Phillips marketed various versions of the Thebes suite for sale. The brooch pendant offered here is a fine example of one of these rare jewels.

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Filed Under: Brooches & Pins, Pendants, Revival Tagged With: Egyptian, enamel, gold, guilloché

Scythian Pendant

Scythian Pendant

Pendant, 4th Century B.C.
Gold: molding, soldering, granulation, hammering

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Filed Under: Ancient, Pendants Tagged With: gold, granulation, Scythian

Archeological Revival “Bacchus” pendant

Archeological Revival "Bacchus" pendant attributed to Castellani, c. 1870

Archeological Revival “Bacchus” pendant attributed to Castellani, c. 1870
Source: Celebrating Jewellery by Daniela Mascetti and David Bennett
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Via: The Jewelry Loupe

Filed Under: Pendants, Revival Tagged With: Castellani, gold, granulation

Anglo-Saxon Pendant

Pendant Anglo-Saxon, 7th century

Pendant Anglo-Saxon, 7th century The British Museum

Circular sheet gold pendant with a beaded wire rim and corrugated suspension loop. Three cloisonné birds’ heads with cabochon garnet eyes, arranged in the form of a triskele, radiate from a central garnet ring, which encloses a circular setting, now empty. Surrounding the ring are two concentric bands of filigree, edged with twisted wire, containing heart-shaped motifs, S-shaped scrolls and single granules with beaded wire collars.
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Filed Under: Medieval, Pendants Tagged With: Anglo-Saxon, cloisonné, garnet, gold

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