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A SILVER-GILT FILIGREE NECKLACE,
ENAMELLED ; AND AN ENAMELLED PENDANT, BOTH OF SPANISH
WORKMANSHIP. IN THE POSSESSION OF
HENRY FARRER, ESQ^
►PANISH taste in jewellery is displayed to considerable
advantage in the two elegant articles we have seledled
for the subjedt of our present plate. The first is a Neck-
lace composed of ten elliptical compartments of elaborate
filigree work, surrounding ssowers of black enamel, from
which spring branches of black and white enamel, within which are in-
serted four small pearls. These filigree divisions are separated from each
other by means of ssowers with gold studs in their centres, similar to the
above, attached to them by means of small rings. From the lower part
of the Necklace is suspended a coronet picked in with light blue and
white enamel, from the middle of which hangs an enamelled fetter-lock,
having a large pearl of the shape of an inverted heart in the middle,
while seven double and two single pearls fall from rings surrounding
these emblems of the dignity of the original owner.
The Pendant, of which we have given a back as well as a front view,
is remarkable for its graceful outline, and the ikilful distribution of its
delicate colours. It is formed of a niche surrounded with pilasters and
scroll-work, wrought with small bands of twisted silver-gilt wire. The
Niche contains a coral figure of the Virgin with the infant Saviour, re-
lieved by a back-ground of deep blue enamel powdered with gold stars.
The Pilasters and scroll-work are filled in with light blue, green, and
white enamel, and from the lower scrolls are suspended three pearls.
The back of the Pendant is similar to the front, with the exception of
the panel which supplies the place of the Niche.
ENAMELLED ; AND AN ENAMELLED PENDANT, BOTH OF SPANISH
WORKMANSHIP. IN THE POSSESSION OF
HENRY FARRER, ESQ^
►PANISH taste in jewellery is displayed to considerable
advantage in the two elegant articles we have seledled
for the subjedt of our present plate. The first is a Neck-
lace composed of ten elliptical compartments of elaborate
filigree work, surrounding ssowers of black enamel, from
which spring branches of black and white enamel, within which are in-
serted four small pearls. These filigree divisions are separated from each
other by means of ssowers with gold studs in their centres, similar to the
above, attached to them by means of small rings. From the lower part
of the Necklace is suspended a coronet picked in with light blue and
white enamel, from the middle of which hangs an enamelled fetter-lock,
having a large pearl of the shape of an inverted heart in the middle,
while seven double and two single pearls fall from rings surrounding
these emblems of the dignity of the original owner.
The Pendant, of which we have given a back as well as a front view,
is remarkable for its graceful outline, and the ikilful distribution of its
delicate colours. It is formed of a niche surrounded with pilasters and
scroll-work, wrought with small bands of twisted silver-gilt wire. The
Niche contains a coral figure of the Virgin with the infant Saviour, re-
lieved by a back-ground of deep blue enamel powdered with gold stars.
The Pilasters and scroll-work are filled in with light blue, green, and
white enamel, and from the lower scrolls are suspended three pearls.
The back of the Pendant is similar to the front, with the exception of
the panel which supplies the place of the Niche.