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Pendant

English
Medieval (Gothic)
14th century
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Metal; silver, ivory, tortoise shell
Dimensions 4.76 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number57.599
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionObv: Standing Virgin with Child, St. Margrite seated on dragon in ivory relief. Rev: Tortoise-shell. Framed in hinged and molded silver with twisted wire decoration, ring at arched top.
ProvenanceBy 1957, M. Nicolas E. Landau, Paris; 1957, sold by Landau to the MFA for $600. (Accession Date: September 12, 1957)