Object Description
A fine gold Elizabethan openwork, crescent-shaped pendant featuring a winged Putto. To its lower edge, the crescentic frame features five pieced lugs, three of which are embellished with dangling attachments formed from coiled wire and a single loop. The inner band features a winged putto mask to the centre, modelled with delicate facial features to indicate the eyes and nose. The wings are adorned with green and red enamelling, which would have decorated the whole piece. From the centre rises a slender attachment, with a four-sided star at the centre, connected to a pierced, circular loop.
Date: Circa 16th – early 17th Century AD