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Pendant of Order of Saint Esprit

Southern France
late 18th–19th century
Object Place: Europe, France

Medium/Technique Paste; gold and silver
Dimensions 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Miss Ellen F. Moseley
Accession Number24.255
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentPendants

DescriptionGold wire bowknot and scrolls with dove carrying a branch of grapes and leaves, the whole set with brilliants, rubies, emeralds and sapphires. One emerald missing.
Marks French maker's mark
ProvenanceBy 1910, Miss Ellen F. Moseley; 1924, bequest of Miss Ellen F. Moseley through Mrs. Margaret LeMoyne Wentworth and Miss Helen Freemen Hull to the MFA.