Mars (?) Intaglio: probably 17th c.; Mount: c. 1700
Agate: grey with pale brown; open silver and silver-gilt mount with openwork frame set with freshwater pearls, rose-cut diamonds and emeralds; reverse silver-gilt | 4.8 x 3.8 cm (intaglio) | RCIN 65251
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Intaglio of a head of a bearded warrior, in profile to the left. He wears a necklace and a helmet decorated with a horse-drawn chariot. To the right of the head is a small full-length female figure holding up a piece of drapery.
The mount is probably of about 1700 or earlier.
Text adapted from Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, London, 2008Provenance
First recorded in the Royal Collection in the 1830 inventory of jewels The intaglio may be identified as the ‘intaglio set round with emeralds, pearls and roses’.
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Medium and techniques
Agate: grey with pale brown; open silver and silver-gilt mount with openwork frame set with freshwater pearls, rose-cut diamonds and emeralds; reverse silver-gilt
Measurements
4.8 x 3.8 cm (intaglio)
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