Viscount Admiral Lord Nelson

Unknown Artist

ca. 1805

Viscount Admiral Lord Nelson by Unknown Artist

Medium

Bust: gold wire, glass paste; anchor and border: glass, half-pearls, human hair; frame: gold wire, silk, copper-gilt

Dimensions

Overall (with bail): 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (5.6 × 3.8 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Jewelry

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950

Accession Number

50.187.3

Tags

MenAdmirals

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