XXXIII. PENDENT JEWELS BY HANS COLLAERT, ETC. _p. 248._
1. Enamelled gold pendant: in centre a figure of
Charity with three children, on each side a
pilaster set with diamonds and rubies
alternately, with a cupid above, and beyond
each pilaster a figure of Faith on one side
and Fortitude on the other. German, sixteenth
century. (B. M., Waddesdon Bequest.)
2. Design for a pendant by Hans Collaert (1581).
_p. 196._ (Mr. Max Rosenheim.)
3. Pendant in the style of Collaert: enamelled gold,
in the form of a ship, with figures of Antony
and Cleopatra. _pp. 197, 247._ (Mr. Charles
Wertheimer.)
XXXIV. RENAISSANCE PENDANTS, ETC., OF GOLD, ENAMELLED
AND JEWELLED. SPANISH (1-2) AND ENGLISH (3-6). _p. 254._
1-2. SPANISH PENDANTS, LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
From the Treasury of the Virgen del Pilar,
Saragossa. 1. Jewel in form of a parrot:
translucent green enamel, the breast set
with a hyacinth. _p. 249._ 2. Jewel of
enamelled gold: a dog standing on a scroll,
set with diamonds, rubies, and an emerald.
(V. and A. M.)
3-4. THE DRAKE JEWELS: presented to Sir Francis Drake
by Queen Elizabeth. 3. Enseigne of enamelled
gold set with diamonds, rubies, and opals; the
centre ruby engraved with the Queen's orb and
cross. _p. 230._ 4. Enamelled gold pendant,
containing a miniature of Elizabeth by Hilliard.
_p. 253._ (Sir F. Fuller-Eliott-Drake.)
5-6. THE ARMADA JEWEL. Believed to have been presented
by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Francis Walsingham.
Possibly the work of Nicholas Hilliard. 5. Front:
Gold bust of the Queen. 6. Back: Ark resting
peacefully on troubled waves. Inside: Miniature
of Elizabeth by Hilliard. _p. 255._ (Mr. J. Pierpont
Morgan.)
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