Jewellery

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

Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford)

Jewelry

XLIV. RINGS, SLIDES, AND PENDANTS (CHIEFLY MEMORIAL). SEVENTEENTH
       AND EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES                            _p. 294._
         1.      Memorial ring, black enamel: set with crystal
                   over a skull and cross-bones; dated 1740.
         2.      Gold memorial locket with faceted crystal
                   enclosing hair; inscribed behind: "_Of such
                   is the Kingdom of God_." English, late
                   seventeenth century. _p. 368._
         3.      Memorial ring, black enamel; dated 1777.
         4.      Memorial ring, white enamel; dated 1739.
         5.      Memorial ring, white enamel; dated 1793.
         6.      Memorial ring, black enamel; set with faceted
                   crystal enclosing minute pattern in gold wire.
                   English, early eighteenth century.
                   (1--6--H. C. S.)
         7.      Back of a gold slide: painted enamel with initials
                   E. J. beneath a coronet. (Viscount Falkland.)
         8.      Gold ring: open-work floral pattern in painted
                   enamel; inscribed with a posy. _p. 295._
                   (Viscount Falkland.)
         9.      Silver locket surrounded by pearls, with faceted
                   crystal enclosing monogram in gold wire. English,
                   late seventeenth century. _p. 368._ (Mrs. Stewart
                   King.)
         10-14.  Memorial slides, with various devices and initials
                   in gold wire over hair or ribbed silk beneath
                   faceted crystal. English, late seventeenth and
                   early eighteenth centuries. _p. 368._ (Mr. Jeffery
                   Whitehead.)
         15.     Gold pendant set with an antique Roman cameo in
                   open-work floral border of painted enamel. English,
                   seventeenth century. _p. 292._ (His Majesty the King.)
         16.    "Memento Mori" jewel of enamelled gold; inscribed
                   round the sides: "_Through the resurrection of
                   Christe we be all sanctified_." English, about 1600.
                  _p. 365._ (V. and A. M.)
         17.     Gold pendant set with a cameo of Lucius Verus, in
                   border of "pea-pod" ornament. From a design by
                   Pierre Marchant. French, early seventeenth century.
                  _p. 292._ (B. M.)

 XLV. PAGE FROM THE LEDGER OF SIR FRANCIS CHILD, JEWELLER TO WILLIAM III.
        About 1674. Preserved at Child's Bank, No. 1 Fleet Street,
        London, E. C. _p. 306._
        (By permission of Mr. F. G. Hilton Price.)               _p. 304._

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