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Pendant with a Medal of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
1780 (Modern)
silver gilt
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This Austrian medal was turned by an anonymous 19th-century Balkan craftsman into a piece of jewelry. The medal is signed with the initials "S.F.", probably meaning "Schabel Anton fecit".
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Mrs. William F. Bevan, Ruxton, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, October 7, 1953, by gift.
Geographies
Balkan Peninsula (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan, 1953
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.710