Pendant

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Pendant
Datec. 1780
MediumSepia on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, seed pearls, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/16 × 3/4 × 3/8 in. (3.3 × 1.9 × 1 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1747
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceCaroline Ross; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 3, 2007–March 3, 2008.

"Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 7–July 18, 2010.

"In Twilight: Mourning Costume and Customs, 1776–1914," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 1, 2019–January 5, 2020.

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front and back of pendant
c. 1780
Sepia on ivory, hair, seed pearls, 10k rose gold, and glass
2005.1746
Pin/Pendant
c. 1790
Sepia on ivory, 12k rose gold, seed pearls, and glass
2005.1748
Brooch
1829
14k yellow gold, enamel, seed pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1770
Portrait of a Man
c. 1810
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, pearls, hair, embossed metallic foil, and opaline glass
2005.1659
Ring
1771
Enamel, 18k yellow gold, pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1795
Brooch
c. 1785–1800
Sepia on ivory, hair, 18k yellow gold, enamel, and glass
2005.1735
Brooch
c. 1800–1810
Sepia on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1782
Portrait of a Woman
c. 1900–1920
Watercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, hair, seed pearls, enamel, and glass
2005.1641
Portrait of Two Sisters
James Nixon
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 12k rose gold, embossed metallic foil, seed pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1611
front and back of object
William Grimaldi
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, hair, seed pearls, 9k rose gold, and glass
2005.1733.A,.B
Portrait of a Man
J. T. Beaumont
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 10k rose gold, seed pearls, hair, guilloché enamel, and glass
2005.1640
Brooch
1805
Hair, seed pearls, 10k rose gold, and glass
2005.1787