Pendant: Pegasus Drinking from the Fountain of Hippocrene
Pendant: Pegasus Drinking from the Fountain of Hippocrene
Artist: Carlo & Arthur Giuliano, jeweller; Date(s): 1901; Classification(s): jewellery, pendant, chasing, gold, enamelled in royal blue, green, red, and white, and set with four cut garnets, a cabochon garnet, two large pearls, one small pearl, and a baroque pearl, containing a miniature in graphite and watercolour heightened with gold on card; Acquisition: bequeathed by Bradley, Katherine H., Miss, 1914, Bequeathed by Miss Katherine H. Bradley [M/P.3 & A-1914]
Description: Gold, enamelled in royal blue, green, red, and white, and set with four cut garnets, a cabochon garnet, two large pearls, one small pearl, and a baroque pearl. Circular with protrusions round the edge, a baroque pearl drop at the bottom, and a Silenus mask at the top, to which is attached a gold bow and loop for suspension. The front is decorated in low relief with Pegasus drinking from the fountain of Hippocrene against a blue background. On the back is an enamelled motif composed of interlacing circles, Ds and lozenges with a flower in the centre. The hinged back opens to reveal a miniature of Miss Edith Emma Cooper (1862-1913) in profile to right against a blue ground, protected by glass. Case covered in red leather (A)
