Description
This pendant in the form of a fanciful ship was purchased as 16th-century Venetian, but an analysis of the enamel confirms that it is 19th-century.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
6/16/1982
Examination
examined for technical study
5/09/1991
Examination
examined for condition
Exhibitions
World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1971-1972.
Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006-2009.
Provenance
Ernest Guilhon de Bayonne Collection; Canessa Collection; Sale, New York, February 1917, lot 81; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
