Jewellery

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

Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford)

Jewelry

XXIX. RENAISSANCE ENSEIGNES OF ENAMELLED GOLD                   _p. 226._
         1.  Head of John the Baptist on a charger. Italian,
               sixteenth century. _p. 226._ (V. and A. M.)
         2.  Bust of Helen. Italian, sixteenth century.
               (Poldi-Pezzoli Museum, Milan.)
         3.  Battle scene. Italian, sixteenth century. _p. 225._
               (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.)
         4.  Head of a negro in agate. German, sixteenth
               century. _p. 228._ (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.)
         5.  Leda and the Swan. By Cellini. _p. 228._
               (Antiken Kabinet, Vienna.)
         6.  Cameo bust of Nero on sardonyx, in enamelled mount
               set with diamonds and rubies. French, sixteenth
               century. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.)
               (Photo, Giraudon.)
         7.  Cameo of Diana on sardonyx in enamelled setting.
               French, sixteenth century. (B. M.)
         8.  Onyx cameo, winged female head in enamelled setting.
               French, sixteenth century. (B. M.)

 XXX. HAT-ORNAMENTS (AIGRETTES, ETC.). LATE SIXTEENTH AND EARLY
      SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES                                      _p. 230._
        1.  Two coloured drawings for jewelled aigrettes.
              By Arnold Lulls, jeweller to James I.
              _pp. 231 and 302-3._ (V. and A. M.)
        2.  Gold enseigne of Sir Francis Drake: enamelled and
              set with diamonds, rubies, and opals. _p. 230._
              See also Plate XXXIV, 3. (Sir F. Fuller-Eliott-Drake.)
        3.  Socket for an aigrette, enamelled gold set with rubies:
              initials D. M.--Dorothea Maria, wife of Otto Henry,
              Count Palatine of Neuburg. _pp. 230-1._
              (Bavarian National Museum, Munich.)
        4.  Enamelled gold aigrette set with emeralds, pearls, etc.
              S. German, early seventeenth century. (Formerly
              the property of Sir T. D. Gibson Carmichael.)

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