Two Silver Filigree Pendants with Portraits of Charles I.
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Early 18th Century English Silver Filigree Crucifix Pendant
with Miniature Portraits.
British Museum.
The Miniature portrait at the top is no doubt Charles I but the others are less obvious.
The BM suggests William and Mary, George I and George II and Queen Anne.
this seems an unlikely combination - I wonder if there are Jacobite connections here
The makers mark on the back is TC but there are no 18th century silversmiths (working in London) who fit.
Width 4.9cms
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1978-1002-1200
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17th Century Silver Filigree and Rock Crystal Pedant.
British Museum.
Height 8.4 cms.
Provenance: Asprey & Co, 166 New Bond Street, London W1.
Original invoice for £310 to Anne Hull Grundy dated 22.2.1973, described as 'Gold heart-shaped pendant inset with portrait of Charles 1'. Also an invoice from S J Phillips for £780 to Anne Hull Grundy dated 12.5.1977, described as 'Antique filigree heart shape crystal pendant'.
Images here from.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1978-1002-1206
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