The Incredulity of St Thomas (Pendant)

When sold by the Parisian jewellers Fossin et Fils to the Russian collector Prince Anatole Demidoff in 1837, this pendant was incorrectly described as having been made by the celebrated Renaissance goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini. It must have been an admired piece, as it was lent to several exhibitions by Sir Richard and Lady Wallace. Although it is often considered a 19th-century fabrication, there is a possibility that the pendant is an earlier work that was repaired and altered.