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Parure
(c. 1860)
Medium
coral, gold
Measurements
(a) 5.0 × 15.7 × 10.1 cm (tiara)
(b) 5.6 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm (pendant)
(c) 19.6 × 17.4 × 1.2 cm (necklace)
(d) 6.6 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm (bracelet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1978
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
(Naples), Italy
Accession Number
D112.a-d-1978
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
(a) Central shell containing female head, flanked cupids on dolphins, supporting sub-structure gold wire.
(b) Shell containing figure of female sea deity holding a lyre, surmounted by pair child sea dieties.
(c) Alternating & graduated shell and dolphin motifs, sequence shells in 2 sized depend from these motifs.
(d) Band of shaped tablets arranged in 3 tiers, centres on oval medallion composed dolphins and shells.