IDENTIFIERS
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id:	11283
accession number:	M.21-1984

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Oval black basalt ringstone with intaglio head of H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester in profile to right, set in a gold ring. The hoop made of two joined wires dividing at the shoulder; the bezel oval with serrated inner edge.
title:	ring

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11283

PEOPLE
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William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester




CATEGORIES
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category: jewellery
category: stoneware
category: black basalt

DATING
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creation date:	1772 - 1780
creation date earliest:	1772
creation date latest:	1780
culture:	18th Century, Late
culture:	George III

CREATORS
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maker: Wedgwood & Bentley


CITATIONS
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A catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, busts, small statues, and bas-reliefs; with a general account of vases and other ornaments, after the antique, made by Wedgwood & Bentley, and sold at their rooms in Great Newport Street, London.
Wedgwood, The New Illustrated Dictionary
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