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Venus and Cupids

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

A: the brooch, with an enamel painting showing a woman with a putto in a gold frame with nine pendants of five lengths at the bottom. The frame of the blocks is covered with blocks, balls, arches and three-lobed forms on the pendants of hearts and flowers. B: is a sheath with ring which slips on the pin of the brooch, transforming it into a locket. Forms a set with 1946-50-24ab.

Credit Line

Gift of the estate and in memory of Robert B. Noyes

Date

ca. 1880

Accession Number

1946-50-25-a,b

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

jewelry
Decorative Arts

Object Name

Brooch and pendant

Type

Brooch and pendant

Medium

Gold, enamel

Dimensions

H x W x D: 9.4 x 4.5 x 1 cm (3 11/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in.)

Place

France or Italy

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq445810e2b-875b-4b80-a801-45711abea2b8

Record ID

chndm_1946-50-25-a_b

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