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Mourning pendant
1793
Medium
gold, ivory, gouache, hair, crystal, velvet
Measurements
36.0 × 13.0 × 1.2 cm (overall) 8.6 × 5.3 × 1.2 cm (pendant)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1980
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Inscription
inscribed in black paint (in image) on pendant c.r.: WITH MUTUAL LOVE OUR HEART DID BURN, & NOW MY TEARS BEDEW HIS URN
inscribed in black paint (in image) on pendant c.: SACRED, / –TO THE – / MEMORY:OF / ·IOHN BARGER / DIED MARCH / 1793
Accession Number
D362-1980
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
Pointed oval pendant, painted figure resting on pedestal of an urn, reverse with hair laid vertically.