CANNING JEWEL
GIFT TO MUSEUM. The famous Canning jewel, which was sold by the Earl of Harewood at Sotheby’s last July for £lO,OOO, has been presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum by an American friend who wishes to remain anonymous. It has been placed on exhibition with other recent acquisitions in Room 4.’’. Dating from the 16th century, it is traditionally supposed to have been sent by a Grand Duke of Tuscany to one of the Mongul Emperors. After the capture of Delhi in 1857 it was purchased by Earl Canning, first i Viceroy of India. After Lord Canping's death the jewel was bought by his brother-in-law, the first Marquis of Clanricarde. In 1917 it came into the possession of the present Earl of Harewood. The jewel, an outstanding example of Renaissance work, represents a merman, the upper part of his body formed of a large baroque, or misshapen pearl and the rest of gold, holding a shield and brandishing a jawbone. The whole is richly enamelled and set with diamonds, rubies and pearls.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 October 1931, Page 10
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