Object Number: N8370

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: necklace: plaque de cou

Description: Rectangular plaque: central female head in chrysoprase facing right, with gold hair swirling to form the tracery of plaque. Five jade flower heads, the petals set with diamonds. On each side, fourteen graduated strings of pearls (six in top row, twenty in bottom) link plaque to vertical thin gold bars which were fastened to ribbon.

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Gallery 7