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While I refer to these as "pendants," the Elizabethan English term seems to be "jewels" -- the "pendants" on a jewel are the bits that dangle from the bottom.

See also Pendants & Brooches for examples of where such jewels were worn -- pinned to hair or garments, and/or dangling from necklaces; there are additional photos at Monstrous Animals: Hanging Animal Pendants of the Late Renaissance.

  • Pendant in the shape of a salamander, Italy, 16th century
  • Pendant with a bell, a flute, and a mermaid, Spain, 16th century
  • Opal pendant, 16th century
  • Pendant in the shape of a ship, France, either 16th century or 19th century
  • Pendant in the shape of a ship, Germany, 16th century
  • Pendant in the shape of a ship (back), made in 16th century Italy
  • Design for a pendant by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533-1536
  • Hercules pendant, Paris, c. 1540
  • Torre Abbey Jewel, England, c. 1540-1550 (V&A 3581-1856)
  • Pendant with a garnet, peridot, and sapphire, England, c. 1540-1560 (V&A M.242-1975)
  • The Danny Jewel, England, c. 1550 (V&A M.97-1917)
  • The Gatacre Jewel, England (with late Roman-era amethyst cameo), c. 1550-1560 (V&A M.7-1982)
  • Pendant with the Annunciation, enamelled gold, second half of the 16th century
  • Back of a pendant with an overlapping couple in enamelled gold with pearls, second half of the 16th century
  • Pendant in the shape of an eagle, Spain or France, either c. 1551-1575 or a 19th/20th century fake
  • Two pendants in the shape of a parrot and a hunting dog, Germany, c. 1560
  • Pendant in the shape of the Pelican in its Piety, Spain, c. 1550-1575 (V&A 335-1870)
  • The Phoenix Jewel, England, c. 1570-1580
  • Pendant with a cameo (Philip II of Spain? Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor?), Antwerp, c. 1570-1580
  • Portrait of Elizabeth I, c. 1570-1585
  • An emerald pendant made for Catherine de' Medici, Paris, 1571
  • Pendant in the shape of a bear, Germany, last quarter of the 16th century
  • Pendant with a heart-shaped piece of rock crystal, Germany, c. 1576-1600
  • Pendant in the shape of a camel, Germany, c. 1576-1600
  • Pendant in the shape of a kid, Spain, c. 1576-1600
  • Pendant in the shape of a horse, Spain, c. 1576-1600
  • Some pendants in the New Year's Gifts to the Queen, 1577-8:
    • By Stanhop, a small juell of golde with ophall in the mydds, set abowte with small rubyes and a perle pendant.
    • Item, a juell of golde, being a woman ennamuled, called Virtute, a paire of compassis in one hande, and a greene garlande in the other, standing upon a raynebowe, the boddy garneshed with sparks of diamunds and rubyes.
    • Item, a juell of golde, being a fawcon and a phesaunt, garneshed with rubyes, diamunds, emeralds, and perles.
    • Item, a juell, being a lampe with a harte in a flame of fyer, garneshed with two saphers, diamunds, aubyes, and ophalls, and a sarpent of ophall with a ruby pendant, set with six small perles and one perle pendant.
    • Item, a juell, being a lylly of golde, with a butterflye in the same, and a sea crabbe, garneshed with small ophalls, rubys, and diamunds, with rooses of mother-of-perle and sparks of rubyes.
  • Some pendants in the New Year's Gifts to the Queen, 1578-9:
    • By therle of Leycetour, Master of the Horses, a verey feyer juell of golde, being a clocke fully furnished with small diamonds pointed, and a pendaunte of golde, diamonds, and rubyes, very smale; and upon eche side a lozenge diamonde, and an apple of golde enamuled grene and russet.
    • By therle of Warwyck, a juell of golde, being a very great tophas set in gold, ennamuled with 8 perles pendant.
    • By therle of Oxforde, a very feyer juell of golde, wherein is a helmet of golde and small diamonds furnished, and under the same is five rubyes, one bigger then threst, and a small diamond brokenne; and all threst of the same juell furnesshed with small diamonds.
    • By therle of Ormonde, a very fayre juell of golde, whearin are three large emeraldes sett in roses white and redd, one bigger than the other twoo; all the rest of the same juell garnished with roses and flowers enamuled, furnished with very smale dyamonds and rubyes; aboute the edge very smale perles; and in the bottome is parte of a flower-de-luce garnished with smale diamondes, rubyes, and one sapher, with three meane pearles pendaunte, two of them smale; the backsyde a flower-de-luce enamuled greene.
    • By the Lorde Henry Hawarde, a juell of golde, being a ded tre with mysaltow, set at the rote with sparks of diamonds and rubys.
    • By the Lady Barones Howard, jun. a juell of golde, garnesshed with rubys and diamonds, and thre smale perles pendant.
    • By the Lady Barrones Wharton, a juell of golde, wherein is a parret hanging, garnesshed with small diamonds, and a cluster of perle pendaunt lacking a ffysshe on thone syde.
    • By the Lady Stafforde, a juell of golde, being an agate garnished with golde, sett about with sparks of rubyes and diamonds, with a smale perle pendaunt.
    • By Sir Henry Sydney, Lorde Deputie of Irelande, a feyer juell of golde, with a Dyana, fully garnisshed wythe dyamonds, one biggar than the rest, three rubyes, two pearles, and a pearle pendante; the backsyde a ship.
    • By Sir Henry Lee, a juell of golde, being a faire emeraude, cut lozanged hartwise.
    • By Mr. Foulke Grevill, a smale juell, being a lambe of mother-of-perle, garnished with two smale dyamonds, two smale rubies, and three perles pendante.
    • By Charles Smythe, a small juell, being a salamaunder, a smale ruby, two smale dyamonds, and three smale perles pendaunte.
  • Pendant in the shape of a caravel, Spain, 1580s-1590s
  • Queen Elizabeth: The Sieve Portrait by Quentin Metsys the Younger, c. 1583
  • Pendant in the shape of a salamander, Spain, before 1588 (also here)
  • Some pendants in the New Year's Gifts to the Queen, 1588-9:
    • By the Barronesse Cheney, a small jewell of gold sett wyth fyve diamounds of sundry cutts without foyle, and three small pearles pendaunt.
    • By Sir Thomas Hennage, one jewell of gold, like an Alpha and Omega, with sparks of diamonds.
    • By Mrs. Mary Ratcliffe, a jewell of gold sett with a stone without a foyle, called Incentabella.
  • Miniature portrait of Sir Christopher Hatton painted by Nicholas Hilliard, c. 1588-1591 (V&A P.138-1910)
  • Pendant in the shape of a caravel, Italy, late 16th century
  • Pendant in the shape of a salamander, western Europe, late 16th century (V&A M.537-1910)
  • Pendant with a cameo, Germany, late 16th century (V&A M.86-1975)
  • Pendant in the shape of a toad, France, late 16th century; also another view
  • Mary Queen of Scots Cameo, France or Scotland, late 16th century
  • Pendant: IHS, northern Europe, late 16th century (V&A M.248-1923)
  • The Pasfield Jewel, England, late 16th century (V&A M.160-1922)
  • Reliquary medallion, Lombardy, c. 1590-1600
  • Pendant in the shape of a mermaid, Spain or Holland, late 16th century
  • The Heneage Jewel, England, c. 1595 (V&A M.81-1935)
  • Locket with inscription for John Monson, England, c. 1597 (V&A M.28-1981)
  • Some pendants in the New Year's Gifts to the Queen, 1599-1600:
    • By th Countes of Northumberland, one jewell of golde, set with a longe white topaz, and one longe pearle pendante.
    • By the Lorde Burghley, one jewell of golde, with a long table sapher without foile, havinge eight small dyamons about yt, and one pearle pendant.
    • By the Lady Cheeke, one jewell of golde lyke a starre, garnished with sparkes of dyamons of sondry cuttes, and one small pearle pendante.
    • By Sir Robert Cecill, Pryncipall Secretory, 7 sprygges of golde, garnished with sparkes of rubies, dyamons, and perles pendante, a jewell of golde lyke a honter's horne, with a stone called a ... garnished with small rubyes, and a small pearle pendante.
    • By Sir Edwarde Stafforde, one jewell of golde, garnished with two spynnelles and sparkes of dyamondes about yt, and 3 small pendantes with like sparkes of dyamons.
  • Pendant with Caritas (Charity), Nuremburg, c. 1576-1600
  • Pendant (at right), Nuremburg, c. 1580-1590
  • Design for a pendant jewel attributed to Theodor de Bry, c. 1580-1590
  • Pendant with Neptune, the Netherlands (?), late 16th century
  • Pendant with symbols of love and marriage, probably Germany, c. 1600
  • Pendant with Cupid drawing an arrow, southern Germany, c. 1600 (V&A M.387-1911)
  • Pendant with a scene from the story of Moses made in Augsburg c. 1600
  • Pendant in the shape of a ship, France, c. 1600 (V&A 295-1854)
  • Pendant with a dog, Spain, early 17th century
  • Pendant with a bunch of grapes, southern Germany, beginning of the 17th century
  • Pendant in the shape of a bird, possibly made in South America in the early 17th century (V&A M.536-1910)
  • Pendant in the shape of a cockerel, possibly Germany, c. 1600-1610
  • Locket with miniature portraits of James I and Noah's Ark painted by Nicholas Hilliard c. 1610 (V&A M.92-1975)
  • The Lyte Jewel, a locket with a miniature portrait of James I by Nicholas Hilliard, c. 1610-1611
  • The Barbor Jewel, England, c. 1615-1625 (V&A 889-1894)
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