IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 119279 accession number: M.4-1993 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver; the oval plaque is embossed, chased, engraved and matted with a scene from the Crucifixion. Christ hangs on the Cross in the centre with, over his head, a scroll inscribed 'Jesus of Na/ zareth/ the King/ of the Jews'. On the right Mary Magdalene clasps the Cross while St. John and the Virgin Mary stand beside her. On the left there is a bearded, partly draped man holding a sponge on a staff (traditionally known at Stephaton), a Roman soldier in armour on horseback (known in the Eastern and Greek Orthodox tradition as St. Longinus) and another partly visible mounted man holding a banner engraved with a single-headed spread eagle. Behind the cross on both sides there are clouds, those on the right supporting two cherubs. At the foot of the Cross there is a skull and below that a plain area engraved with the signature. The edge is slightly raised and chased with a narrow band of chevron decoration. The plaque is mounted in an oval frame of ebonised wood with moulded border and turquoise velvet inner rim, and a hinged, brass support. On the back of the frame are two labels. A paper label laid on card behind a glazed frame is inscribed 'Bequeathed to John Towneley,/ by her Grace Catherine, Dutchess of/ Norfolk, who departed this life on the/ 21st Novr. 1734 -/ R.I.P. (The inscription has been strengthened by a later hand, changing the correct date of 1784 to 1734.) A second lable, which is torn, bears the name of W. Range 'W. ANCE,/CARVER GILDER,/ LOOKING GLASS AND PICTURE/ FRAME MANUFACTURER/ 166 SLO E ST. CHELSEA/ AND KE STREET,/ GROSVE SQUARE, W / RED'. object type: silver, embossed and chased with the scene of Christ on the Cross with Mary Magdalene, St. John and the Virgin Mary on the right and sponge-bearer, St. Longinus and standard bearer on the left title: plaque NOTES ----- type: history note value: Catherine, wife of the 10th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1784) by whom bequeathed to John Townley of Chiswick (d. 1813) and then by descent to the vendor; purchased through Robert Holden Ltd., 15 Savile Row, London, W1X 1AB LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam, bought from Robert Holden Ltd. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119279 PEOPLE ------------------- Townley, John Christ The Virgin Mary Mary Magdalene St John St. Longinus (the centurian) Stephaton (the sponge bearer) SUBJECTS ------------------- skull The Crucifixion skull The Crucifixion CATEGORIES ------ category: silver DATING ------ creation date: 1778 - 1778 creation date earliest: 1778 creation date latest: 1778 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Heckel, Christopher EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Free Society of Artists CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum. The Annual Reports of the Syndacate and of the friends of the Fitzwilliam for the year ending 31 December 1994 Recent Acquisitions at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge The Art of the Gold Chaser in Eighteenth-Century London Oxford Companion to Christian Art & Architecture Signs & Symbols in Christian Art Iconography of Christian Art --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/M_4_1993_200811_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 849 pixels width: 711 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_M_4_1993_200811_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 597 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/M_4_1993_200811_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 849 pixels width: 711 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_M_4_1993_200811_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 299 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/122/large_M_4_1993_200811_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1512 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/122/mid_M_4_1993_200811_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 738 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.4-1993_200811_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/122/preview_M_4_1993_200811_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 369 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/122/M_4_1993_200811_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 4301 pixels width: 2912 pixels