Pendant

English

Colchester Castle Museum

circa 1600

This pendant is made of gold set with diamonds and a single ruby decorated with enamel. It is from the late Tudor period and notable for the use of diamonds. Pendants such as this were worn by aristocratic, or even royal, women in various ways; attached to clothing or hanging from chains or ribbons. Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service has a collections of portraits of individuals wearing costume and jewellery of the same period.

• Medium: gold, enamel, diamonds & ruby
• Dimensions: 2 x 2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3750 ( Total: £10,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2008
• Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Provenance

Discovered by a metal detectorist near Brentwood, Essex and declared Treasure in 2007.

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