Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
uncertain
Entities
Categories
Description
Gold, enamelled in opaque white, and translucent blue, green, and red enamels. In the shape of a crown surmounting an oval shield, containing locks fo brown and blond hair under glass. The front is enamelled with the Union Jack over a guilloché ground. The back is inscribed 'The/GRACIOUS GIFT/OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ THE/Princess Mary/DUCHESS/OF GLOUCESTER/1854'. The interior of the back is engraved with the crowned cyphers 'GR' and 'CR'. A rng for suspension is attached to the back of the crown
Notes
History note: Malcolm Carr, London
Legal notes
Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy
Measurements and weight
Height: 4.1 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1994)
by
Grundy, J. Hull, Mrs
Dating
19th Century, third quarter#
Victoria I
Production date:
circa
AD 1854
Note
Princess Mary was the fourth daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. She married William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834) in 1816, and died in 1857.
School or Style
Victorian
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( opaque white, translucent blue, green, and red)
Materials used in production
Gold
Techniques used in production
Casting
: Gold, enamelled in opaque white, and translucent blue, green, and red enamels, and engraved
Inscription or legends present
- Text: The/GRACIOUS GIFT/OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ THE/Princess Mary/DUCHESS/OF GLOUCESTER/1854
- Location: On back
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Inscription
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.52-1984
Primary reference Number: 146270
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
