Object Number: L146

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: pendant

: miniature

Title: Portrait of a Boy Pendant

Artist: CONTINENTAL SCHOOL

Description: Vertical oval glazed ivory relief with miniature on reverse; gold mounts with string of faceted cut-steel beads around edge; watch-case-type suspension loop. Relief on blue glass ground over foil: female figure in loose dress and veil brings flower to a draped urn on a pedestal; bare tree on left, bush, flowers on ground. Back: glazed watercolour miniature on ivory of young boy with long fair hair, wearing a white double-frill collar over a blue jacket; pale blue ground.