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
Not on view

Explore Further

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)

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Brooch
c. 1850
Sepia on ivory, gilt, hair, plastic, and glass
2005.1697
front and back of pendant
c. 1780
Sepia on ivory, hair, seed pearls, 10k rose gold, and glass
2005.1746
Pin
c. 1810
Watercolor on ivory, gilt, seed pearls, enamel, and glass
2005.1744
1836
Watercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, hair, enamel, and glass
2005.1743
Pendant
c. 1800
Watercolor on ivory, enamel, hair, gilt, silk, and glass
2005.1737
front and back of pendant
c. 1780–1790
Watercolor and sepia on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1804
Locket
1785
Sepia on ivory, gilt, hair, and glass
2005.1736
Clasp
c. 1790
Watercolor on ivory, 10k rose gold, guilloché enamel, pearl, hair, velvet, and glass
2005.1803
Brooch
c. 1800
Sepia on ivory, hair, enamel, 10k rose gold, and glass
2005.1742
Brooch
1785
Sepia on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1789
Pin / Pendant
c. 1780
Sepia on ivory, 9k rose gold, paste gemstones, hair, and glass
2005.1769
Pendant
c. 1800
Watercolor on ivory, hair, split pearls, 9k rose gold, and glass
2005.1734