A Beautiful Post Medieval Silver Bifacial Cross Pendant; ex Sir Francis Cook Collection sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the gilt decoration to the

the gilt decoration to the base has worn commensurate with its use

and the design is similar to that found around the doorway in the Church of San Salvatore in Lauro

These guilds of artisans made cages specifically for male and female songbirds

sand double humped camel

A Beautiful Post Medieval Silver Bifacial Cross Pendant; ex Sir Francis Cook Collection sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the gilt decoration to theOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Silk collection, London, UK; ex Czechoslovakia auction, Kolekce Malych Krizu PI. Refordove, a collection of 87 cross pendants from the collection of Mrs R. W. Reford, the collection originating in the course of the 1920's in England; ex francis Mallet, Malllet & Son, New Bond Street, London; ex Sir Francis Cook (1817 1901) collection, 1st Baronet, British merchant and art collector. Date: 1840