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| Keywords: Italian - Jeweled Collar - Walters 44508 - Detail.jpg This splendid piece of jewelry which we would call a necklace could have been worn without or with a pendant around the neck or in the case of a woman the waist The pendant might be a large mounted jewel or an insignia of office or an order In the 19th or early 20th century the collar was repaired Apparently at that time someone added to the bottom of the pendant a tiny enameled figure of a white sheep-symbol of the great Habsburg military Order of the Golden Fleece This presumably added to the collar's value by introducing an exclusive historical association An American buyer would not have known that the presentation of the historical elements is incorrect ca 1550 1600 Renaissance gold enamel emeralds diamonds cm 73 3 accession number 44 508 9606 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Badges of the Order of the Golden Fleece | ||||
