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Come to Open Day and explore the campus. Museum director Sharon Ament describes how the Cheapside Hoard collection gives academics and scholars, the jewelry trade, and the visiting public great historical insight into the early jewelry trade. Figure 1. This iconic jewel is a scent bottle, or pomander, from the Cheapside Hoard. The bejeweled handle implies that it was hung from a chain. This gold bottle with white enamel is set with milky chalcedony carvings of leaves, rubies, pink sapphires, spinels, and diamonds.
The bottle would have contained musk oils combined with essential oils, ambergris, and other substances to prolong the perfume. Figure 2. Courtesy of the Museum of London.
Figure 3. The first, taken around the time of its discovery, highlights the tenement house under which the hoard was buried. This house stood just a few steps from the St. Mary Le Bow Church, near St. The second, from approximately the same angle in , shows a busy shopping area.
The photo on the left is courtesy of the Museum of London. Figure 4. These two amethysts, shown face-up and from the side, feature surprisingly contemporary fancy cutting styles. Rather than a large table facet, the stones have a domed, faceted configuration. In the s, amethysts were sourced from Russia or Brazil.
History Preserved. Museum of London senior curator Hazel Forsyth explains that jewelry tends to be broken up and refashioned over the years. Yet the Cheapside Hoard was buried, undisturbed, for almost years, preserving a huge spectrum of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century jewelry styles and materials for posterity.
Figure 5. This chain demonstrates incredible enameling skill from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Although precious few chains of this delicate nature have survived the centuries, 30 of them were well preserved within the Cheapside Hoard. Comprising mostly floral motifs, they include gem materials such as turquoise, beryl, amethyst, corundum, and spinel. Figure 6. This rose-cut sapphire and diamond cross pendant would have been worn with enameled chains during the Elizabethan era.
The back of the pendant right showcases highly skilled enameling and delicate metalsmithing. Figure 7. The miniature portrait on the left of Queen Anne of Denmark — is not from the Cheapside Hoard, but it shows a jewel in her hair that is remarkably similar to the blue sapphire and spinel pendant on the right.
These gems from the hoard indicate trade with far-off Asia, including modern day Sri Lanka, India, and Myanmar. Only one of the pearls from the original design survived. State of Preservation. Figure 8. Why was it buried? Figure 9. Queen Elizabeth I — is portrayed in the Armada Jewel left and the agate cameo right. The gold locket was created in to commemorate the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Figure This small, chipped carnelian intaglio shows the unique heraldic badge of Viscount Stafford. Because the viscount received his title in , experts are able to narrow down the concealment date of the Cheapside Hoard.
View Gallery. Oldest and Youngest Pieces. Curator Hazel Forsyth shows us ancient gems: an approximately 2,year-old Greco-Roman carving and a Byzantine carving from the sixth or seventh century AD. She contrasts these with jewels of more recent vintage, like one from the Florentine workshops of the Medici.
Prominent Pieces in the Hoard. Museum director Sharon Ament describes the pieces from the Cheapside Hoard that have made the most striking impression on her. These include an emerald pocket watch and the table-cut diamond ring shown here. Three views of an enameled gold ring set with a table-cut diamond, an evolutionary cut developed in the mids. The diamond is estimated to weigh between 3 and 4 ct, and it likely originated from the Golconda mines.
One of the most important items from the Cheapside Hoard is this large Colombian emerald pocket watch, circa Watches first appeared in England around , and Colombian emeralds reached Europe by the late s. Green enamel decorates various parts of the watch. The artistry and meticulous engineering indicate this timepiece was intended for nobility.
A Cheapside Hoard Icon. The enameling on the front shows an open mouth with tiny black flecks resembling teeth. The pin is decorated with cabochon emeralds from Colombia, and the tail contains table-cut diamonds.
The underside of the pin shows the quality of enamelwork during the late s and early s. Notice the complex curved pins that allow the wearer to twist the salamander into place on the hat. This gold piece with white enamel and Colombian emeralds is thought to be a fan holder. Large feathers for a fan could be attached on the flared side, and the holder could be attached to a chain on the other end.
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