15929705590001312637261000Standard Recordobject-126019170197590231314673036580001701975718326fitz-onlineadlib-object-126019https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/126019cf9e0afd-7c41-3602-8406-80563748e4b45personreferenceagent-152674adlib-agent-15267474829adf-5d60-3560-a5ff-499ccbd2b61cwarriorreferenceterm-98863adlib-term-98863e958376d-efbc-3d63-8a1e-e1e1a1e85016cameosHeadreferenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingApplied ArtsOpal cameo of a warrior wearing a helmet in profile to leftM.4-20061accession numberM.4-2006126019priref126019200520052005-12-08entry form number802urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/126019https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/126019referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Margaret Carlton in memory of her motherreferenceagent-172886adlib-agent-1728868b49164c-1eb7-3e1a-b532-5b2ac103b167Carlton, Margaret200620062006-01-30givenEntry date: 2006-01-3018741874CE1874circa18741915Schmidt was recorded in business at Hatton Garden between 1872 and 1915 except for 1886-88. In a Catalogue (see Documentation) of the cameo collection of Abraham Booth, Schmidt stated that he had 'invented the new process of cutting opal cameos in such a manner as to utilise the matrix of rough opal for the ground' in 1874.11915CE1915circa1915possiblycameo cutterreferenceagent-122725adlib-agent-122725b59b6327-6ef4-367d-a6a5-c287c04858ccSchmidt, WilhelmThe 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.referenceterm-120900adlib-term-120900388bb85e-e90a-3417-a007-99f254a808c019th Century, Late-20th Century, Early#referenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0literalEnglandEnglandcountryLondonreferenceterm-31071adlib-term-310711cc9c70f-7bfc-3059-bf21-941008376907opalreferenceterm-98054adlib-term-98054f28fc9e9-7d27-35dc-ab5d-acfdc5178935cameohistory notePurchased about forty years ago at Cooper's antiques/jewellery shop in Colchester, Essex.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. For the information given here on Schmidt and his cameos.12-16referencepublication-200002008adlib-publication-20000200813761668-ef46-3bc1-86e5-6fad8437744eWilhelm Schmidt: The Last Neo-Classical Gem-Engraverreferenceterm-98054adlib-term-98054f28fc9e9-7d27-35dc-ab5d-acfdc5178935cameocameoCameo of a Warrior's Headobject
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