Pendant: PER.M.143-1923

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Pendant

Categories

Jewellery

Description

Sardonyx, oval. Intaglio head of a young woman, her hair tied in a knot over the forehead and a ribbon at the nape of the neck, facing in profile to the left, after a marble Venus in the Capitoline Museum. Modern gold setting with sunken milled border, embellished with foliate scrolls and twin loops for attachment to chain as pendant.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

18th Century-19th Century#
Circa 1700 - 1900

Components of the work

Intaglio composed of sardonyx
Mount composed of gold
Oval Height 18 mm Width 13.5 mm

References and bibliographic entries

Classical gems: ancient and modern intaglios and cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 302

Identification numbers

Accession number: PER.M.143-1923
Primary reference Number: 119120
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 31 January 2018

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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