Pin in the Form of a Riding Crop

Description Reversed intaglio crystals, such as this example which displays the head of a terrier, were popularized in London by Hancock and Co. in the 1860s. Twenty years later, they were introduced in America by Tiffany & Co. Such examples of sporting jewelry are highly popular among collectors.

Exhibitions

• 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 Sarah Thomson Schneider; Laura Thomson Schneider, Washington D.C., by inheritance [from her mother Sarah Thomson Schneider]; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.

Credit Gift of Ms. Laura T. Schneider in memory of Sarah T. Schneider, 2007