Drawing, sketch-book (BM 1978,1216.36 1)

Design for two links of a girdle, one with a gem, the other with two pearls, one of three jewellery designs, on a sheet inserted in 'A Jeweller's Pocket Book'; two joined links, the upper with two pearls on a square backing with foliate decoration, the lower a table-cut gem surrounded by small fruits at the corners. c.1560-1570
Pen and black ink, with grey and yellow wash; on vellum