Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Suite of jewelry with gold filigree mounts around micromosaic oval scenes of Rome in cobalt blue borders; comprising a necklace centered by a view of St Peter's, with various ruins, and the Colisseum, and Pantheon; a pair of gold bracelets each with one arch view, a pair of earrings, and a pair of brooches.
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick Saal in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Saal
Date
1800–25
Accession Number
1991-160-1/8
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
jewelry
Decorative Arts
Suite of micro-mosaic jewelry
Medium
Gold, glass mosaics
Dimensions
H x W x D (necklace, on flat surface): 0.4 x 45.5 x 2.8 cm (3/16 x 17 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
H x W x D (bracelet): 0.4 x 2.3 x 18.9 cm (3/16 x 7/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
H x W x D (bracelet): 0.4 x 2.4 x 18.3 cm (3/16 x 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
H x W x D (earrings): 1 x 1.2 x 3.5 cm (3/8 x 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.)
H x W x D (earrings): 1 x 1.2 x 3.5 cm (3/8 x 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.)
H x W x D (brooch): 0.9 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm (3/8 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
H x W x D (brooch): 0.9 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm (3/8 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
H x W x D (pen
made in
Italy
place depicted
Rome, Italy
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1991-160-1_8