Jewellery

Name: Jewellery
Author: Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford)

Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford)

Jewelry

XXVI. DESIGNS FOR JEWELLERY BY DÜRER AND HOLBEIN. (B. M.)       _p. 190._
         1.    Drawings for two ring-shaped pendent whistles
                 by Dürer. _p. 190._
         2-3.  Etchings for (2) a buckle and buckle-plate and
                 (3) a girdle-end, by Hollar, from lost originals
                 by Dürer. _p. 191._
         4-9.  Drawings by Holbein. _p. 212._
         4.    Jewelled pendant: a monogram of the letters R and E.
         5.    A pendant of open goldwork with ribbon ornament;
                 a diamond in the centre, surrounded by six pearls,
                 and a pearl below.
         6.    Pendant formed in a monogram of the letters H and I.
         7-8.  Two pendants each formed of two stones, one above
                 the other, set in goldwork, with three pearls below.
         9.    Pendant: a bust of a woman holding before her a large
                 stone, on which are the words _Well Laydi Well_.

 XXVII. DESIGNS FOR JEWELLERY by SOLIS, WOEIRIOT,
        HORNIC, AND BROSAMER                                     _p. 194._
          1-2.  Engravings for pendants by Virgil Solis.
                  _p. 194._ (B. M.)
          3.    Engraving for a pendant by Pierre Woeiriot,
                  dated 1555. _p. 201_ (B. M.)
          4-6.  Engravings for pendants by Erasmus Hornick:
                  Neptune and Amphitrite, and St. George and the
                  Dragon. _p. 194._ (B. M.)
          7.    Drawing for pendent whistle by Han Brosamer,
                  fitted with toothpick, etc.
                  _pp. 193, 250._ (Mr. Max Rosenheim.)

 XXVIII. RENAISSANCE JEWELLERY OF ENAMELLED GOLD.
         (His Majesty the King)                                  _p. 218._
           1.  Painted enamel back of a "lesser George" of
                 the Garter, belonging to Charles II. English,
                 seventeenth century. _p. 292._
           2.  Enamelled gold enseigne, with figures of St. George
                 and the Dragon. Venetian, sixteenth century. _p. 224._
           3.  Enamelled gold pendant, with figures of Apollo and
                 Daphne: inscribed: DAPHNEM PHEBVS AMAT, etc.
                 Italian, sixteenth century.
           4.  The Lennox or Darnley Jewel. Scottish, sixteenth
                 century. _pp. 217 and 257._
           5.  Miniature case of enamelled gold, open-worked and
                 set with diamonds and rubies. English, late sixteenth
                 or early seventeenth century. It contains a lock of
                 hair of Charles I taken from his coffin. _p. 257._

           From the _Connoisseur_ (1903). By permission of
           Mr. J. T. Herbert Baily.

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