Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960 · London : Methuen and co · leaf 502
ensions, butlight in spite of their size. Their surfaces are veryfrequently set with seed pearls. The finest existingcollection of Italian peasant jewellery is that in theVictoria and Albert Museum, purchased from SignorCastellani in 1867. Of great beauty is the jewellery ofthe shores of the… … •ADRIATIC JEWELLERY PORTUGUESE PEASANT JEWELLERY shallow cells filled with opaque enamels. Crescent-shaped earrings are formed of pendent parts hung withdouble pearls. Dating from the seventeenth centuryare elaborate and delicate pendants in the shape of fullyrigged ships enriched with painted…
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