Sunday, October 7, 2012

Mastery of Design: The Enamel Flower, Late 17th C.

Enamel and Gold Jewel set with a Diamond
Seventeenth Century
The Victoria & Albert Museum



This jewel began as a pendant. Made in the late Seventeenth Century of enameled gold in the form of a flower, it is set with a table-cut diamond. In the Nineteenth Century, it was adapted to make a pin. Its maker and place of origin are unknown. 





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