Pendant

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Pendant
Datec. 1780
MediumSepia and watercolor on ivory, gilt-copper, enamel, hair, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (6.4 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1745
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
Provenance[Morning Glory Antiques, New York]]; purchased by Caroline Ross, August, 1994; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Rienzi; Drawing Room, November 3, 2007-March 3, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on verso on ivory oval: "GAGE DE MON AMITIE" (Pledge of Friendship)

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