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| Click image to see larger picture. Hull Grundy Bodice Ornament Spain, Seventeenth Century The British Museum |
This bodice ornament of gold is set with table-cut emeralds and diamonds. The upper section of the piece features an openwork design in a bow form incorporating foliate tendrils and volutes. This is hinged to a section which works the initial “S” in pierced openwork.
The reverse of the jewel is enameled in pink and black on a ground of white in a floral pattern.
At one point, this piece was in the collection of Dame Joan Evans, but ended up in the catalogue of Hull Grundy who presented this as part of a large gift to the British Museum. It’s believed that the ornament has significance to a Spanish religious confraternity.
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