Jewellery

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

Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford)

Jewelry

XLI. ENGRAVED PATTERNS FOR JEWELLERY, AND ENAMELLED JEWELS
      EXECUTED FROM SIMILAR DESIGNS. LATE SIXTEENTH AND EARLY
      SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES                                      _p. 284._
        1.  Design for enamelled jewellery by Hans Hensel, of
              Sagan (1599). _p. 284._ (Mr. Max Rosenheim.)
        2.  Gold ring set with flat heart-shaped garnet: design
              on shoulders reserved in gold on white enamel.
              Early seventeenth century. _p. 295._ (B. M.)
        3.  Design for jewellery in champlevé enamel, by Guillaume
            de la Quewellerie, of Amsterdam (1611). _p. 284._
            (V. and A. M.)
        4.  Gold ring: the shoulders enamelled in the champlevé
              manner with design in black and white. Late
              sixteenth century. (V. and A. M.)
        5.  Design for an enamelled ring by Hans van Ghemert
              (1585). _p. 284._ (V. and A. M.)
        6.  Design for enamel-work by Jean Toutin (1619).
             _p. 285._ (Mr. Max Rosenheim.)
        7.  The Lyte Jewel, containing a portrait of James I
              by Isaac Oliver. Reverse side, with "silhouette"
              pattern in gold and ruby champlevé enamel on white
              ground. English, about 1610. _pp. 303-4._
              (B. M., Waddesdon Bequest.) (Enamel-work of identical
              design occurs on the back of a miniature-case,
              containing a portrait of Charles I by Peter Oliver,
              dated 1626, in the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan.)
        8. Design for enamel-work in the "niello" or "silhouette"
             manner, by Stephanus Carteron (1615). _p. 285._
             (Mr. Max Rosenheim.)

 XLII. SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENAMELLED PENDANTS, ETC.              _p. 290._
         1.   Gold pendant, containing an onyx cameo surrounded
                by ribbon-work and flowers of coloured enamel,
                set with rose diamonds. French. (Mr. Jeffery
                Whitehead.)
         2-3. Pair of earrings _en suite_ formed of a hand holding
                a bow and bunch of flowers.
         4.   Pendant: an interlaced monogram of turquoise enamel
                suspended from a crown-shaped ornament, enamelled
                and set with diamonds. French. (Mr. Jeffery
                Whitehead.)
         5.  Gold pendant of variegated enamel (translucent and
               opaque) in form of a basket filled with fruit, with
               flowers above, and a bird on the top. (H. C. S.)
         6.  Small aigrette of silver in form of a bunch of flowers
               springing from a vase, set with rose diamonds, and
               bearing traces of enamel. (H. C. S.)

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