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Silver girdle, Sicily (Piana degli Albanesi), the belt stamped with Palermo assay officer's mark for 1710, the clasp ca. 1750. Belt made of 13 cast square silver sections of open-work with a rayed sun in the centre of each section, joined with two cast silver links in the shape of flowers. The clasp of silver with a cast image of St George slaying the dragon beneath a canopy, cherubs either side o…
Type of item
- Object Type: girdle
- girdle
- Girdle
Date
- 1710
- 1710
Medium
- Material: gold
- gold
- Gold
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Creation date
- 1710/1710
- 1710/1710
Places
- Piana degli Albanesi
- Sicily
- Sicily
- Italy
- Piana degli Albanesi
Provenance
- Given by Mrs E. M. Richards
Identifier
- M.65:1&2-1949
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126647
Extent
- Height 13cm, Width 14cm, Weight 273.9g (clasp only); Depth 2.5cm (clasp; approximate depth); Length 62.7cm (belt only; includes clasps at the end); Width 5.5cm, Weight 582.7g (belt); Depth 1cm (belt; approximate depth); Height 5cm, Depth 0.8cm, Weight 582.7g, Height 12.9cm, Width 13.6cm, Depth 2.4cm, Weight 273.9g (unspecified); Width 63.6cm (includes clasps at the end of the links.)
Format
- Color: black
- black
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- silver
- silver
Year
- 1710
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-09-30T08:36:20.525Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-07-16T09:06:00.856Z