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As well as the Holy Spirit, it also suggests the dove which brought an olive leaf to Noah, signifying man's reconciliation with God after the Flood.  \r\n\r\nThe use of a <i>Saint-Esprit</i> in jewellery probably comes from the pendant of the chivalric <i>Ordre du Saint-Esprit</i>.  It was used in traditional costume in other parts of France as well, particularly in the Auvergne, but the Normandy dove is the only one which carries a branch in its beak.  Like many of the Normandy crosses, the Saint-Esprit was usually set with transparent stones, but the branch was often decorated with coloured stones, as here.  It was worn on a black velvet ribbon, fastened tightly round the neck like a choker, with a slide at the front.  The ribbon passes through the bale of the pendant, and is then threaded through a hole or loop at the base of the slide, and out at either side.  The ribbon is tied in a bow at the back of the neck.","physicalDescription":"Two-part pendant with matching slide.  The pendant is shaped like a stylised dove, pavé-set with colourless pastes, hanging upside-down from an openwork frame set with colourless pastes, with a stylised branch in its beak set with red, blue, green and colourless pastes.  There is a long hook at the back of the top.  The slide consists of a circular plaque of pierced tracery set with red and clear pastes, with a vertical bar fitting at the back.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"paste","id":"AAT10803"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver set with clear and coloured pastes","categories":[{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Traditional jewellery (Europe)","id":"THES270343"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2017JX7483","2017JX7484","2017JX7485"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"036","id":"THES404431"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"036","id":"THES404431"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Pendant","id":"AAT46002"}],[{"text":"Pendants","id":"AAT46002"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Normandy","id":"x29041"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1819-1838","earliest":"1819-01-01","latest":"1838-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'E C', with seven-pointed star above and below, in vertical lozenge.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"Mark of unidentified maker.","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"On suspension loop at back of bow section."},{"content":"Butterfly, in profile, in shaped frame.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"Restricted warranty mark for 800 standard silver, Northern district, 1819-1838.","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"On front of slide; on front of suspension bar at base of bow section; and on front of the lowest section at extreme edge."}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silver pendant shaped like a dove (Saint-Esprit), set with pastes, Normandy (France), 1819-1838.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"holy spirit","id":"x36220"},{"text":"dove","id":"x30126"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["265-1869","265A-1869"],"accessionNumberNum":"265","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1869,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Pendant [1]","Pendant [2]"],"assets":["2019LT9621","2019LV9615"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2005-11-01","availableToBook":true}}