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This page's last update - August 14, 2008

Museum Collection

These pendants and brooches are reproductions of jewelry pieces from the Renaissance found in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum in England plus various other museums in the United States. All are cast by the lost-wax method and some are pure sterling silver while others are cast in pewter and then plated in sterling silver or 24 kt. gold. All pieces have a lacquered protective finish. In cases where the original jewelry shows signs of age, the replicas are antiqued to match.
Your purchase of these pieces helps support the museum community.

"Never to Part" Heart


The original of this small brooch is made in silver and has a working tang. This reproduction has a solid tang that is part of the design with the pinning mechanism on the back. Cast in the shape of a small heart and engraved with the French sentiment "Sans de Partir" which translates to "Never to Part" in English.
Sterling Silver (7/8" x 3/4")
Victoria and Albert Museum
RJ11B
Heart Brooch
$38.00
Italian Foliated Cross


This double-sided antiqued cross has different but complimentary floral decoration on each face. The dainty 5/8" X 6/8" pendant hangs from an 18" silver chain.
Sterling Silver with a freshwater pearl drop
(Overall length with pearl is 1 1/4")

Italian - 16th Century
British Museum
RJ9N
Italian Cross
$54.00
Look for other cross pendants
in the Vatican Section!
"Elizabeth I" Brooch

This small brooch is a replica of a 16th century intaglio. The original engraved gem is onyx and one of the finest cameo portraits of Queen Elizabeth in existence. Four faux pearls are attached to the outer edge of the oval brooch. Beautiful enough for royalty!
Cast from the original in sterling silver
(1 1/8" x 7/8" including pearls)
British Museum - London, England
RJ10B
Elizabeth I Brooch
$42.00
RJ25N
English Maltese Pendant
$120.00
English Maltese Pendant

A reproduction of a pendant from the Tudor Period, this stunning pendant has hand-applied translucent sapphire enamel, pearls and crystals around a center setting of a large Greek sapphire. A Baroque pearl drop and hangs from a 16" chain. Measures 2 1/8" X 2 1/8" (not including the pearl)
British Museum - London
Antiquities Collection

A brooch of the same design without the Baroque pearl drop (and chain) is also available.
RJ25B
English Maltese Brooch
$75.00

COPTIC CROSSES

Ethiopia is one of the earliest Christian kingdoms in the world. There Christianity dates back as early as A.D.227, when the dynasty that ruled until 1975 was founded. These emperors could trace their ancestry back to Solomon and Sheba and were instrumental in making the cross a national symbol for Christianity. In the 15th Century, Emperor Zara Ya'Eqob of Ethiopia decreed that every Christian should wear a neck cross so that they could be recognized among the heathen masses.
Ethiopian Star Cross

This coptic cross has a cross formy within a circle above the hinge. Another cross formy within a circle is surrounded by a eight-pointed star below the hinge. Pictured is the brooch - The pendant does not have the bar at the top and hangs from a 24" chain.
Silver Plated (2 3/4" x 1 7/8")
National Museum of African Art
Washington, DC.
OUT OF STOCK!
RJ8
Star Coptic Cross
$35.00
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