necklace
Object NameNecklace
Maker
Zdenka Mayatovy
Made FromLead Glass
Date1987
Place MadeCzechoslovakia
Techniqueground, cut, engraved and polished
SizeOverall L: 20.9 cm
Accession Number92.3.14
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Costume and Jewelry
Professor Libensky and his Pupils
Retrospective exhibition of Zdenka Ma'atova
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent cobalt cased in colorless; metallic silver; glass: "Chinese Silver" or "Pakfong" wire which is an alloy of nickel, cuprum and zinc; glass is ground, cut, engraved and polished; fabricated metal mount. Heavy solid circular pendant of cobalt cased in colorless; front carved leaving central row of three horizontal semi-circular tapered lozenges in high relief surrounded by colorless, back carved in bell-shape convex lens; narrow circular edge of pendant surrounded by thin metal mount, ends meet at top to form perpendicular key-shaped support; pendant hangs from thin wire in contoured ovoid shape, ends bent to form hook and pin clasp; unsigned.Provenance
Source
Zdenka Mayatovy
- 1992-01-20
