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This copy was acquired by the Museum from the collection of Alessandro Castellani in 1884. \r\n\r\nThere are at least four other known copies in public and private collections. One copy was shown at the International Exhibition in London in 1862 where the Castellani display attracted so much attention that a policeman had to be engaged to keep the crowds under control.","physicalDescription":"Diadem.  A reproduction of an antique original found in the Crimea.  Gold, floral openwork combined with pearls and beads and enriched with enamel with a row of serrated leaves along the top of the back from which spring blue berries.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Castellani","id":"A13587"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"possibly"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"},{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"},{"text":"glass","id":"AAT10797"},{"text":"pearl","id":"AAT11827"}],"techniques":[{"text":"enamelling","id":"x37485"},{"text":"stone setting","id":"x34787"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gold, with glass beads, pearls and enamel","categories":[{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[{"text":"archaeological revival","id":"x36010"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006BH2581","2007BP6954","2006BH2580","2006AY9219"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"91 (VA)","id":"THES49703"},"free":"","case":"21","shelf":"B","box":"1"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Diadem","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Rome","id":"x29106"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1860-1880","earliest":"1860-01-01","latest":"1880-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"1.25","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"7","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Historical significance: Copy of an Etruscan original of 300-200 BC, thought to have been found in Cumae and now in the Campana collection in the Louvre, Paris. 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No. 197."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Gaultier, Françoise and Catherine Metzger.  Trésors antiques: Bijoux de la collection Campana. Paris: Musée du Louvre Éditions. Cat. no. II.102"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["640-1884"],"accessionNumberNum":"640","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1884,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2016JF7002","2019LP3315","2019LT7134","2019LW8688"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2006-04-19","availableToBook":false}}