Tudor Silver Rose Shaped Pendant or Hat Jewel

Code: 10265

This is a wonderful Tudor period silver hat jewel/pendant, dating to the late 15th - 16th century A.D. It is formed as a flower set with a natural pearl, mounted within a cusped setting. The back of the pendant has a hinge mechanism, presumably for attachment or for a secondary hanging pearl. Such pendants were fashionable fixed to elaborate headdresses or suspended from a necklace. It is a nice jewel, in good excavated condition.

OBJECT: Hat Jewel / Pendant

CULTURE: Tudor

DATE: c. 1450- 1550 A.D.

MATERIAL: Silver & Pearl

SIZE: 18.24mm x 7.37mm

WEIGHT: 2.16 grams

PROVENANCE: Ex. G. Scholfield Collection, Bath.