Cameo of a Warrior's Head: M.4-2006

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cameo of a Warrior's Head

Maker(s)

Cameo cutter: Schmidt, Wilhelm (Possibly)

Entities

Cameo

Categories

Cameos

Description

Opal cameo of a warrior wearing a helmet in profile to left

Notes

History note: Purchased about forty years ago at Cooper's antiques/jewellery shop in Colchester, Essex.

Legal notes

Given by Margaret Carlton in memory of her mother

Place(s) associated

London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2006-01-30) by Carlton, Margaret

Dating

Late 19th-early 20th Century
Circa 1874 CE - Circa 1915 CE

Note

The cameo was originally set into the head of a stick pin, from which it was removed for the donor and set into a brooch. The donor did not like the brooch and removed the cameo from it.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Head

Materials used in production

References and bibliographic entries

Wilhelm Schmidt: The Last Neo-Classical Gem-Engraver page(s): 12-16

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.4-2006
Primary reference Number: 126019
Entry form number: 802
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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