Reliquary Pendant
maker
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Date16th century - 17th century
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumSilver
Dimensions7.1 x 5.4 x 0.4 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsJewelry
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27w553
eMuseum ID728832
EmbARK ObjectID12664
Original Numbernone, below right of M27w42 (I&N)
Previous Number265
TMS Source ID1728
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis reliquary pendant is decorated with the letters IHS, an abbreviation of the Greek form of Jesus Christ, and MARIA, for the Virgin Mary.
BibliographyNotesNathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 99-101, fig. 51.
MarksNotesChristogram (side 1): MARIA
Christogram (side 2): IHS
Christogram (side 2): IHS
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Theodor Einstein & Co., Munich on 16 August 1897 for 25 marks through her husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898).
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