IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150817 accession number: M.8-1908 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Carved carnelian and chalcedony with gold embossed and chased mounts and gold plated base metal. The large fob seal has a rounded rectangular carnelian sealstone with intaglio coat-of-arms, crest and motto inscribed 'ESSE QUAM VIDERI'; the domed mount is decorated with flowers and scrolls; the hollow handle is formed as a lyre with floral sides and a loop at the top. The small fob seal has a rounded rectangular chalcedony sealstone with intaglio crest within a garter inscribed with the same motto; the domed mount is fluted; the handle is formed from four oponwork scrolls with a loop at the top. The gold plated base metal watch key has an open rectangular handle and a swivel loop. The three are linked by a circular split ring chased with flowerheads. object type: two gold fob seals - one large and one small - and a gold plated watch key on a circular split ring clasp title: fob seal LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by J. Brooks Bumpstead STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150817 SUBJECTS ------------------- lyre flower lyre flower CATEGORIES ------ category: seals DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1850 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1850 culture: 19th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown