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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4499153, member: 2844&quot;]About the bow shape on pendants, this is from the sketchbook of Dutch goldsmith and gem dealer Thomas Cletcher (Antwerp 1598 - The Hague 1666).</p><p>Both pendants are shown on ribbons to give an impression of how they can be worn. The pendant on the right, a pendeloque much like yours, already shows the bow shape in gold and diamonds, but on a ribbon just the same:<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]393574[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Detail of a portrait of Thomas Cletcher&#039;s wife Anna Hoeufft wearing one of Thomas&#039; creations, a diamond pendant, worn on a silk bow. It is likely that the pearls for the necklace were also imported by Thomas:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]393576[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Wiki page on Thomas Cletcher: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cletcher" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cletcher" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cletcher</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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