Pendant in the form of a mermaid, ca. 1870–95, German or French, Baroque pearl with enameled gold mounts set with diamonds and with pendant pearls, Height: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, A number of details of the design of this jewel—including the long, attenuated fish tail, the wispy, featherlike skirt, the stole draped from the shoulders, and the hair styled in a low chignon worn with a tiara—are present in two unpublished designs for a mermaid jewel by the Aachen goldsmith Reinhold Vasters that are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Pendant, form, mermaid, ca, 1870–95, German, French, Baroque pearl, enameled gold mounts set, diamonds, pendant pearls, Height, 4 7/8, 12.4 cm, Metalwork-Gold, Platinum, number, details, design, jewel—, long, attenuated fish, tail, wispy, featherlike skirt, stole draped, shoulders, hair styled, low chignon, worn, tiara— present, two unpublished, designs, mermaid jewel, Aachen goldsmith, Reinhold, Vasters, now, Victoria, Albert Museum, London
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