Stud, Cordoba, 1865-1870
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1865-1870
Stud in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 1117-1871), made in Cordoba, dated 1865-1870. The museum's brief description reads: Silver stud set with clear pastes on a silver-gilt disc, Cordoba (Spain), 1865-1870..
Museum description: Silver stud, with circular face set with a ring of clear pastes round a slightly larger central paste, set on a rayed silver-gilt ground. Plain, slightly convex, disc attached to the back by means of a short stalk. The museum records it as Silver set with white pastes on a silver-gilt disc, measuring Length 1.2 cm; Diameter 1.5 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Bought for the museum by Senor Riano for two shillings (the pair) in Cordoba in 1871.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver, paste, silver-gilt
- Dimensions
- Length 1.2 cm; Diameter 1.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Silver set with white pastes on a silver-gilt disc
- Place recorded
- Cordoba
Identification
- Museum object name
- Stud
- Museum object number
- 1117-1871
- Museum system number
- O301184
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and catalogue references against a specialist reference.