Sautoir with Pearl Pendant, The Walters Art Museum

Sautoir with Pearl Pendant

This pink pearl from the Common Conch (Stormbus gigas) is extremely rare. It is mounted in a platinum cage of five bands of leaves and blossoms set with minute diamond sparks. The long 20 inch chain on which the pearl is suspended is set with a diamond at every thirtieth link. The pearl weighs 3.64 grams.

Tiffany and Company

Creation Date: 1900-1910
Creation Place: Manhattan Island
Type: Objects: Metals
Medium: conch pearl, platinum, diamonds
Materials: diamond
pearl
platinum

Dimensions: Overall
Depth: 1.2
Width: 1.4
Height: 1.5

Object #: 57.2034
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Laura F. Delano, 1977

Partner URL: http://art.thewalters.org/detail/25440
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